McLeod Family Rural Complex

McLeod Family Rural Complex
Nearest city .4 miles west of US 1, near Pine Bluff, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°04′33″N 79°30′06″W / 35.07583°N 79.50167°W / 35.07583; -79.50167Coordinates: 35°04′33″N 79°30′06″W / 35.07583°N 79.50167°W / 35.07583; -79.50167
Area 225 acres (91 ha)
Built c. 1840 (1840), 1884
Built by Rosy, Joseph
NRHP Reference # 84000561[1]
Added to NRHP December 20, 1984

McLeod Family Rural Complex is a historic farm and national historic district located near Pine Bluff, Moore County, North Carolina. 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 is a largely intact, 1 1/2-story, frame dogtrot plan house dated to about 1840. The Alex McLeod House was built in 1884, and is a two-story, five bay, traditional frame farmhouse. Other contributing resources include two tobacco barns, a pack house, fertilizer house, barn with stables, corn crib, saddle-notched log house (c. 1865), chicken house, shed, root cellar, and smokehouse.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 2015-02-01.


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