McLeod Family Rural Complex

McLeod Family Rural Complex
Nearest city.4 miles west of US 1, near Pine Bluff, North Carolina
Coordinates35°04′33″N 79°30′06″W / 35.07583°N 79.50167°W / 35.07583; -79.50167
Area225 acres (91 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840), 1884
Built byRosy, Joseph
NRHP reference No.84000561[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1984

The McLeod Family Rural Complex is a historic farm and national historic district located near Pine Bluff, Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures on a family farm established in the mid-19th century. It includes two houses: the John McLeod House, a largely intact, 1+12-story, frame dogtrot plan house dated to about 1840. The Alex McLeod House, built in 1884, is a two-story, five-bay, traditional frame farmhouse. Other contributing resources include two tobacco barns, a packing house, a fertilizer house, a barn with stables, a corn crib, a saddle-notched log house (c. 1865), a chicken house, a shed, a root cellar, and a smokehouse.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Michael Hill and Beth Thomas (October 1984). "McLeod Family Rural Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.