W. W. Griffin Farm

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W. W. Griffin Farm
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Location1871 Wendell Griffin Rd., near Williamston, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′45″N76°57′29″W / 35.82917°N 76.95806°W / 35.82917; -76.95806
Area6.8 acres (2.8 ha)
Builtc. 1902 (1902)
Architectural styleI-house
NRHP reference No. 01001134 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 2001

W. W. Griffin Farm is a historic home and farm located near Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1902, and built as a two-story, three-bay, frame, I-house. It is sheathed in weatherboard siding and rests on a brick pier foundation. The house has a stylish front porch, one-story rear ell, and an additional room added about 1930. Also on the property is the contributing storage shed (c. 1920), corn crib (c. 1900), cotton barn (c. 1910), hay barn (c. 1940), brick well (c. 1930), and agricultural landscape. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [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. Beth Keane (March 2001). "W. W. Griffin Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.