Venters Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex includes 23 contributing buildings. The main house was built about 1896, and is two-story frame, late Victorian farm house with a detached kitchen. Other contributing buildings include a corn barn (c. 1896), a carriage house (c. 1896), a smokehouse (c. 1896), mule / hay barn (c. 1920s), cow / pig barn (c. 1920s), eight tobacco barns, a brooder house (c. 1946), and seven tenant houses.[2]
Venters Farm Historic District | |
 Tenant House, Venters Farm Historic District, October 2014 | |
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| Location | US 258 and NC 1229, near Richlands, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°51′46″N 77°32′56″W / 34.86278°N 77.54889°W |
| Area | 536 acres (217 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003504[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1987 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cynthia Craig and Jim Sumner (Fall 1986). "Venters Farm Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-370, "Venters Farm Historic District, Both sides of U.S. 258, southeast of junction with State Route 1229, Richlands, Onslow County, NC", 10 photos