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Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine

Coordinates: 35°15′43″N 80°35′13″W / 35.26194°N 80.58694°W / 35.26194; -80.58694
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Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine
Robert Harvey Morrison House
Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine is located in North Carolina
Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine
Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine is located in the United States
Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine
Location730 Morrison Rd., near Midland, North Carolina
Coordinates35°15′43″N 80°35′13″W / 35.26194°N 80.58694°W / 35.26194; -80.58694
Area27.7 acres (11.2 ha)
Builtc. 1832 (1832), c. 1846, c. 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.90001952[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1990

Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine, also known as Cedarvale, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings and three contributing sites. The house was built about 1846, and is a two-story, three bay Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a full width one-story, hip roof porch. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1846), log barn (c. 1846), shed (c. 1900), shop (c. 1900), and the remains of the Pioneer Mills Gold Mine including the mine shaft site (c. 1832), ore mill site (c. 1832), and miner's cabin site (c. 1855).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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. ^ William H. Huffman (July 1990). "Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.