Venters Farm Historic District

Venters Farm Historic District
Tenant House, Venters Farm Historic District, October 2014
LocationUS 258 and NC 1229, near Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates34°51′46″N 77°32′56″W / 34.86278°N 77.54889°W / 34.86278; -77.54889
Area536 acres (217 ha)
NRHP reference No.86003504[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1987

Venters Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex includes 23 contributing buildings. The main house was built about 1896, and is two-story frame, late Victorian farm house with a detached kitchen. Other contributing buildings include a corn barn (c. 1896), a carriage house (c. 1896), a smokehouse (c. 1896), mule / hay barn (c. 1920s), cow / pig barn (c. 1920s), eight tobacco barns, a brooder house (c. 1946), and seven tenant houses.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cynthia Craig and Jim Sumner (Fall 1986). "Venters Farm Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.