Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine

Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Robert Harvey Morrison House
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Location	730 Morrison Rd., near Midland, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°15′43″N80°35′13″W / 35.26194°N 80.58694°W / 35.26194; -80.58694
Area	27.7 acres (11.2 ha)
Built	c. 1832 (1832), c. 1846, c. 1900
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	90001952 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1990

Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine, also known as Cedarvale, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings and three contributing sites. The house was built about 1846, and is a two-story, three-bay Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a full-width, one-story, hip roof porch. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1846), log barn (c. 1846), shed (c. 1900), shop (c. 1900), and the remains of the Pioneer Mills Gold Mine including the mine shaft site (c. 1832), ore mill site (c. 1832), and miner's cabin site (c. 1855). ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. William H. Huffman (July 1990). "Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.