Elijah Sherman Farm is a historic tobacco farm complex and national historic district located near Berea, Granville County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1887, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house, with a one-story full facade porch. Also on the property are two log corn cribs, stone well, two garage/sheds, a privy, smokehouse, woodhouse, corn crib, washhouse, stable, packhouse, striphouse, four tobacco barns, and a family cemetery.[2]
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| Location | US 158, near Berea, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°19′46″N 78°46′47″W / 36.32944°N 78.77972°W |
| Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architectural style | I-house |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001256[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (November 1987). "Elijah Sherman Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.