Venters Farm Historic District

Venters Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex includes 23 contributing buildings. The main house was built about 1896, and is two-story frame, late Victorian farm house with a detached kitchen. Other contributing buildings include a corn barn (c. 1896), a carriage house (c. 1896), a smokehouse (c. 1896), mule / hay barn (c. 1920s), cow / pig barn (c. 1920s), eight tobacco barns, a brooder house (c. 1946), and seven tenant houses.[2]

Venters Farm Historic District
Tenant House, Venters Farm Historic District, October 2014
Venters Farm Historic District is located in North Carolina
Venters Farm Historic District
Venters Farm Historic District is located in the United States
Venters Farm Historic District
LocationUS 258 and NC 1229, near Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates34°51′46″N 77°32′56″W / 34.86278°N 77.54889°W / 34.86278; -77.54889
Area536 acres (217 ha)
NRHP reference No.86003504[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1987

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cynthia Craig and Jim Sumner (Fall 1986). "Venters Farm Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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