Built c. 1821 (1821), 1915 Architectural style Federal, Queen Anne Area 50 ha | Built by Freeman, Joseph NRHP Reference # 99001333 Added to NRHP 12 November 1999 | |
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Location Northwest side of SR 1213, 0.7 miles northeast of the junction with SR 1212, near Gates, North Carolina | ||
Joseph Freeman Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Gates, Gates County, North Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing structures. The main house was built about 1821, and is a two-story, two-bay dwelling in a transitional Georgian / Federal style. A separate two-room kitchen/dining room ell was added about 1915. Associated with the house are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1935), privy (c. 1935), pump house (c. 1947), and domestic well (19th century). Contributing farm outbuildings include the lot well (c. 1915), equipment shelter (c. 1920), feed and livestock barn (c. 1920), and slave / tenant house (mid- to late-19th century).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.