Knox-Johnstone House

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Knox-Johnstone House
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Location100 Beaumont Farm Rd., Cleveland, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′1″N80°40′58″W / 35.73361°N 80.68278°W / 35.73361; -80.68278 Coordinates: 35°44′1″N80°40′58″W / 35.73361°N 80.68278°W / 35.73361; -80.68278
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference # 93000737 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1993

Knox-Johnstone House, also known as Ben Allen Knox House, is a historic home located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1880, and is a two-story weatherboarded frame farmhouse with Italianate-style finish. It has a projecting center, entrance bay, and a nearly full-facade porch. Also on the property is the contributing large bell-cast gambrel roof barn dated to the 1930s. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood (January 1993). "Knox-Johnstone House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.