Dr. E. H. Ward Farm

Dr. E. H. Ward Farm
Dr. E. H. Ward Farmhouse, September 2012
Location SR 1700, near Bynum, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°46′44″N 79°5′47″W / 35.77889°N 79.09639°WCoordinates: 35°46′44″N 79°5′47″W / 35.77889°N 79.09639°W
Area 48.5 acres (19.6 ha)
Built c. 1840, c. 1870, c. 1900
Governing body Private
MPS Chatham County MRA
NRHP Reference # 85001461[1]
Added to NRHP July 5, 1985

Dr. E. H. Ward Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bynum, Chatham County, North Carolina. The main house was built in sections during the mid-19th through early-20th century beginning about 1840. The earliest section is a 1 1/2-story, gable-roofed, two room log structure, that forms the rear of the main section. The main section was built about 1870, and is a is a one story, gable-roofed frame structure with a simple gable-front porch. A one-story board-and-batten rear ell was added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing office of Dr. Ward, carriage house and gear room, board-and-batten barn and log cribs, smokehouse and pen, and a small brick well house.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Ray Manieri (July 1985). "Dr. E. H. Ward Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.