Model Farm, also known as Swarthmore Farm, is a historic home located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1867, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, triple-A roofed, side-gabled, L-plan, frame building with 12 rooms. It is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a brick foundation. The front facade has a full width, one-story hip-roofed porch. The house is associated with an important program of the Quakers to improve agricultural endeavors in the South in the decades after the American Civil War.[2]
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| Location | 2058 Brentwood St., High Point, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′17″N 79°58′42″W / 35.93806°N 79.97833°W |
| Area | 1.99 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| Architectural style | L-Plan House |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000208[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 2011 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-29.
- ^ Gisele Taylor Wells (September 2010). "Model Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.