Mount Vernon (Woodleaf, North Carolina)
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Mount Vernon | |
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| Location | SR 1003 and SR 1986, near Woodleaf, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°47′18″N 80°38′40″W / 35.78833°N 80.64444°WCoordinates: 35°47′18″N 80°38′40″W / 35.78833°N 80.64444°W |
| Area | 29.5 acres (11.9 ha) |
| Built | c. 1822 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 80002899[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 27, 1980 |
Mount Vernon is a historic plantation home, farm complex, and national historic district located near Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1822, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a full-width, one-story shed roofed porch. The house was designated a post office in 1822. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, large barn (c. 1898), "lighthouse" or Delco house (c. 1917), corn crib (c. 1917), gear house (c. 1917), woodhouse (c. 1917), spring house, mill site, shop, and office.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ C. Greer Suttlemyre, Davyd Foard Hood, Jim Sumner, and John W. Clauser (February 1980). "Mount Vernon" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
