Speed Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Gupton, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures. The farmhouse was built about 1847 and remodelled to its current configuration in 1900. It is a two-story, three-bay, I-house style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and an almost full-width front porch. Also on the property are the contributing milk house (c. 1847), smokehouse (c. 1847), kitchen (c. 1847), family cemetery, and an agricultural complex with a granary, ram tower (c. 1935), barn (c. 1840, 1850), corn cribs, hog shed, tobacco grading building (c. 1930), five tobacco barns (c. 1940), and a tenant house (c. 1935).[2]
Speed Farm | |
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| Location | W side NC 1436 between NC 1432 and NC 1434, near Gupton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°11′17″N 78°11′26″W / 36.18806°N 78.19056°W |
| Area | 596 acres (241 ha) |
| Built | c. 1847 |
| Architectural style | I-house |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001907[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1991 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Claudia Brown and Michael Hill (October 1991). "Speed Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.