High Rock Farm

High Rock Farm
Location SE of Reidsville on SR 2619, near Williamsburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°15′36″N 79°34′0″W / 36.26000°N 79.56667°W / 36.26000; -79.56667Coordinates: 36°15′36″N 79°34′0″W / 36.26000°N 79.56667°W / 36.26000; -79.56667
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 74001373[1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1974

High Rock Farm is a historic plantation house located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It dates to the early-19th century, and is a two-story, central hall plan, Federal style brick dwelling with a rear ell. It sits on a full basement and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a pedimented portico supported by two stuccoed columns and with a gallery at the second level.[2]

Nathaniel Scales, who had also owned Deep Springs Plantation and Mulberry Island Plantation, left High Rock to his daughter, Mary Scales McCain after his death in 1824.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1973). "High Rock Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. http://www.themarconline.org/deep-springs-historic-home/


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