Perry-Shepherd Farm

Perry-Shepherd Farm
Location 410 Swansie Shepherd Rd., near Lansing, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°30′34″N 81°33′55″W / 36.50944°N 81.56528°W / 36.50944; -81.56528Coordinates: 36°30′34″N 81°33′55″W / 36.50944°N 81.56528°W / 36.50944; -81.56528
Area 62 acres (25 ha)
Built c. 1890 (1890)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 06000289[1]
Added to NRHP April 19, 2006

Perry-Shepherd Farm, also known as the Swansie Shepherd Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Lansing, Ashe County, North Carolina. The complex includes the main dwelling, a caretaker’s cottage, a barn, a warehouse, a granary, and three sheds surrounded by woodland, open pasture, and blueberry and apple orchards. The main house was built about 1890, and is a two-story, single-pile I-house with an original rear wing. It has a double-porch and Queen Anne style decorative elements.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sherry Joines Wyatt (August 2005). "Perry-Shepherd Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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