Malcolm Blue Farm

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Malcolm Blue Farm
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LocationBethesda Rd. and Ernest L. Ives Dr., Aberdeen, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°8′8″N79°24′38″W / 35.13556°N 79.41056°W / 35.13556; -79.41056
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 82003489 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 1, 1982

Malcolm Blue Farm is a historic home and farm in Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina. The house is believed to date to 1825, and is a one-story, three-bay, frame structure with a simple gable roof and vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a rear ell and full width front porch. Also on the property are the contributing four small barns, packhouse, well, horse barns, building originally used as a grist mill, and wooden water tower. [2] The property is open to the public as a farm museum.

It was added to 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. Edward Turberg and Jim Sumner (April 1981). "Malcolm Blue Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.