John Bunyan Green Farm

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John Bunyan Green Farm
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LocationSR 1114 .5 miles E of SR 1178, near Midland, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°12′56″N80°29′23″W / 35.21556°N 80.48972°W / 35.21556; -80.48972
Area371.3 acres (150.3 ha)
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleItalianate, Half-dovetail log cabin
NRHP reference No. 88000651 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1988

John Bunyan Green Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure. The farmhouse was built about 1880, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with Italianate style design elements. It features a two-story gabled front porch, a gable roof, and two exterior end chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing ten outbuildings, well canopy, the Garmon Mill site, the miller's house, and the fields and woods. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. Sheila A. Bumgarner; David Brown; Peter Kaplan; M. Ruth Little (April 1988). "John Bunyan Green Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.