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High Rock Farm

Coordinates: 36°15′36″N 79°34′0″W / 36.26000°N 79.56667°W / 36.26000; -79.56667
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High Rock Farm
High Rock Farm is located in North Carolina
High Rock Farm
High Rock Farm is located in the United States
High Rock Farm
LocationSE of Reidsville on SR 2619, near Williamsburg, North Carolina
Coordinates36°15′36″N 79°34′0″W / 36.26000°N 79.56667°W / 36.26000; -79.56667
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtearly 1800s
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.74001373[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1974

High Rock Farm is a historic plantation house located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It dates to the early-19th century, and is a two-story, central hall plan, Federal style brick dwelling with a rear ell. It sits on a full basement and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a pedimented portico supported by two stuccoed columns and with a gallery at the second level.[2]

Nathaniel Scales, who had also owned Deep Springs Plantation and Mulberry Island Plantation, left High Rock to his daughter, Mary Scales McCain after his death in 1824.[3] Mary Scales was married to the great-great-great grandfather of U.S. Senator John McCain.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1973). "High Rock Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Mary Burritt (16 October 2016). "Rockingham County historian Bob Carter combines discretion, scholarship". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 9 December 2021.