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Lewis–Thornburg Farm

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Built
  
c. 1855 (1855)-1950

Area
  
65 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
05000085

Added to NRHP
  
24 February 2005

Lewis–Thornburg Farm

Nearest city
  
NC 1107, approximately 1.5 miles south of the junction with NC 1170, near Asheboro, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Center-passage single pile

Lewis–Thornburg Farm, also known as the Thornburg Farm, is a historic home and farm complex near Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1855, and is a two-story, single-pile, three-bay, frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and a two-story rear ell, a one-story rear kitchen wing and a one-story enclosed rear porch. Other contributing resources are two grape arbors (c. 1950), a smokehouse (c. 1920), an equipment shed/garage (c. 1930), an outhouse (c. 1930), five chicken houses (c. 1930, c. 1950), a dog house and pen (c. 1950), pigeon boxes (c. 1950), two equipment sheds (c. 1950), a storage shed, a barn (c. 1900, c. 1950), a tack shed (c. 1950), a carriage house (c. 1900), a three-board fence (c. 1950), an animal chute (c. 1950), a hog shelter (c. 1950), a wood shed (c. 1950), a hog house (c. 1950), and the agricultural landscape.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Lewis–Thornburg Farm Wikipedia