Joseph Freeman Farm | |
 Front and southern side | |
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| Location | Northwest side of SR 1213, 0.7 miles northeast of the junction with SR 1212, near Gates, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°32′19″N 76°47′19″W / 36.53861°N 76.78861°W |
| Area | 124.2 acres (50.3 ha) |
| Built | c. 1821, 1915 |
| Built by | Joseph Freeman |
| Architectural style | Federal, Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001333[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1999 |
Joseph Freeman Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Gates, Gates County, North Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing structures. The main house was built about 1821, and is a two-story, two-bay dwelling in a transitional Georgian / Federal style. A separate two-room kitchen/dining room ell was added about 1915. Associated with the house are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1935), privy (c. 1935), pump house (c. 1947), and domestic well (19th century). Contributing farm outbuildings include the lot well (c. 1915), equipment shelter (c. 1920), feed and livestock barn (c. 1920), and slave / tenant house (mid- to late-19th century).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Drucilla H. York and Jim Sumner (June 1999). "Joseph Freeman Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
