High Rock Farm

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High Rock Farm
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LocationSE of Reidsville on SR 2619, near Williamsburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°15′36″N79°34′0″W / 36.26000°N 79.56667°W / 36.26000; -79.56667
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtearly 1800s
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 74001373 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1974

High Rock Farm is a historic plantation house located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It dates to the early-19th century, and is a two-story, central hall plan, Federal-style brick dwelling with a rear ell. It sits on a full basement and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a pedimented portico supported by two stuccoed columns and with a gallery at the second level. [2]

Nathaniel Scales, who had also owned Deep Springs Plantation and Mulberry Island Plantation, left High Rock to his daughter, Mary Scales McCain after his death in 1824. [3] Mary Scales was married to the great-great-great grandfather of U.S. Senator John McCain. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [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. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1973). "High Rock Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Mary Burritt (16 October 2016). "Rockingham County historian Bob Carter combines discretion, scholarship". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 9 December 2021.