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Elijah Sherman Farm

Coordinates: 36°19′46″N 78°46′47″W / 36.32944°N 78.77972°W / 36.32944; -78.77972
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Elijah Sherman Farm
Elijah Sherman Farm is located in North Carolina
Elijah Sherman Farm
Elijah Sherman Farm is located in the United States
Elijah Sherman Farm
LocationUS 158, near Berea, North Carolina
Coordinates36°19′46″N 78°46′47″W / 36.32944°N 78.77972°W / 36.32944; -78.77972
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1887 (1887)
Architectural styleI-house
MPSGranville County MPS
NRHP reference No.88001256[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1988

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.