Holbrook Farm (Traphill, North Carolina)

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Holbrook Farm
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Holbrook Farm House, September 2012
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LocationW of Traphill on SR 1743, near Traphill, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°20′35″N81°3′26″W / 36.34306°N 81.05722°W / 36.34306; -81.05722 Coordinates: 36°20′35″N81°3′26″W / 36.34306°N 81.05722°W / 36.34306; -81.05722
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1826 (1826)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 78001985 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1978

Holbrook Farm is a historic farm complex located near Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1826, and is a vernacular two story, three bay frame dwelling with Federal style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing log granary, log spring house, a log smokehouse, a log corn crib, a frame barn, and a board-and-batten two-room school dormitory that once served the Trap Hill Institute and moved to the property in the early-20th century. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [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. Greer Suttlemyre; Michael T. Southern; Jerry Cross (n.d.). "Holbrook Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.