Haystack Farm

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Haystack Farm
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LocationSouth of Oak Grove on SR 1480, near Oak Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°27′31″N80°44′56″W / 36.45861°N 80.74889°W / 36.45861; -80.74889 Coordinates: 36°27′31″N80°44′56″W / 36.45861°N 80.74889°W / 36.45861; -80.74889
Area12.2 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 82001306 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1982

Haystack Farm is a historic home and farm located near Oak Grove, Surry County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1885, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roofed frame dwelling with a two-story rear ell. It has a full-width, hip roofed front porch and Italianate style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing gambrel-roof livestock barn, a board-and-batten frame packhouse, and a half-dovetail plank apple drying shed. The house was built by Christopher Wren Bunker, son of Chang and nephew of Eng Bunker. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Drucilla G. Haley and Jerry L. Cross (April 1981). "Haystack Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.