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Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina)

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Built
  
1925 (1925)-1932

NRHP Reference #
  
84002034

Added to NRHP
  
10 July 1984

MPS
  
Davidson County MRA

Area
  
91 ha

Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina)

Nearest city
  
NC 8, near Lexington, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home, also known as the Junior Order Home, is a historic Junior Order of United American Mechanics orphanage located near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. The complex was designed by noted architect Herbert B. Hunter and consists of five major buildings built between 1925 and 1932. The complex is modeled after the University of Virginia. The Colonial Revival style buildings include Administration Building (1927), the Pennsylvania Building ("Pioneer Cottage"), the South Carolina Building (now the Children's Emergency Shelter), the North Carolina Building, and the Samuel F. Vance Auditorium (1932).

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

References

Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina) Wikipedia