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McLeod Family Rural Complex

Coordinates: 35°04′33″N 79°30′06″W / 35.07583°N 79.50167°W / 35.07583; -79.50167
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McLeod Family Rural Complex
McLeod Family Rural Complex is located in North Carolina
McLeod Family Rural Complex
McLeod Family Rural Complex is located in the United States
McLeod Family Rural Complex
Nearest city.4 miles west of US 1, near Pine Bluff, North Carolina
Coordinates35°04′33″N 79°30′06″W / 35.07583°N 79.50167°W / 35.07583; -79.50167
Area225 acres (91 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840), 1884
Built byRosy, Joseph
NRHP reference No.84000561[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1984

The McLeod Family Rural Complex is a historic farm and national historic district located near Pine Bluff, Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures on a family farm established in the mid-19th century. It includes two houses: the John McLeod House, a largely intact, 1+12-story, frame dogtrot plan house dated to about 1840. The Alex McLeod House, built in 1884, is a two-story, five-bay, traditional frame farmhouse. Other contributing resources include two tobacco barns, a packing house, a fertilizer house, a barn with stables, a corn crib, a saddle-notched log house (c. 1865), a chicken house, a shed, a root cellar, and a smokehouse.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[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. ^ Michael Hill and Beth Thomas (October 1984). "McLeod Family Rural Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.