Obediah Farrar House

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Obediah Farrar House
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Location9910 Barringer Rd., near Haywood, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°36′07″N79°04′27″W / 35.60194°N 79.07417°W / 35.60194; -79.07417
Area38 acres (15 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Lee County MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000728 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1993

Obediah Farrar House is a historic home located near Haywood, Lee County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, three-bay, mortise-and-tenon frame I-house with Greek Revival style design elements. Also on the property is the contributing road segment and landscape. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. J. Daniel Pezzoni (March 1993). "Obediah Farrar House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.