Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina)

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Model Farm
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Location2058 Brentwood St., High Point, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°56′17″N79°58′42″W / 35.93806°N 79.97833°W / 35.93806; -79.97833 Coordinates: 35°56′17″N79°58′42″W / 35.93806°N 79.97833°W / 35.93806; -79.97833
Area1.99 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural styleL-Plan House
NRHP reference No. 11000208 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2011

Model Farm, also known as Swarthmore Farm, is a historic home located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1867, and is a 2+12-story, triple-A roofed, side-gabled, L-plan, frame building with 12 rooms. It is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a brick foundation. The front facade has a full width, one-story hip-roofed porch. The house is associated with an important program of the Quakers to improve agricultural endeavors in the South in the decades after the American Civil War. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-29.
  2. Gisele Taylor Wells (September 2010). "Model Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.