Built 1796 (1796) Opened 1796 Added to NRHP 11 July 1985 | NRHP Reference # 85001553 Area 57 ha | |
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Location SR 1006 south of NC 226, near Golden Valley, North Carolina Architectural style Federal, Vernacular Federal | ||
Melton–Fortune Farmstead is a historic home and farm located near Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina. The oldest section of the house was built about 1796, and is a rectangular, hall-and-parlor plan, log structure that forms two rooms of the central core. The house is a 1 1/2-story, weatherboarded structure with an engaged porch and Federal style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing log barn, threshing machine, and archaeological sites.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
References
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