Green Morris Farm

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Green Morris Farm
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Location2900 Rocky River Church Rd., near Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°02′56″N80°47′56″W / 35.04889°N 80.79889°W / 35.04889; -80.79889
Area205 acres (83 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000080 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1991

Green Morris Farm was a historic home, farm, and national historic district located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompassed two contributing buildings and one contributing site in rural Mecklenburg County. The farmhouse was built about 1870, and was a two-story, three-bay I-house with two one-story rear additions. It had a hipped roof and blend of vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style design elements. The front facade featured a one-story, facade-width porch topped by a center-bay balcony. Other contributing resources were a machinery shed (c. 1920) and the agricultural landscape. [2] It has been demolished.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Richard L. Mattson and William Huffmann (July 1990). "Green Morris Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.