Elijah Sherman Farm

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

  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.