Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery

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Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery
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LocationSR 1135 S of US 701, near Garland, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°47′46″N78°21′36″W / 34.79611°N 78.36000°W / 34.79611; -78.36000
Area288.5 acres (116.8 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835)
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Sampson County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000570 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1986

Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery is a historic plantation house located near Garland, Sampson County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1835, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, single pile Federal style frame dwelling. It has a brick pier foundation, side gable roof, and engaged front porch with a shed roof and engaged rear shed. The interior follows a hall-and-parlor plan. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery. It is identical in form to the Samuel Johnson House. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner (June 1985). "Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-04-01.