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Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°56′17″N 79°58′42″W / 35.93806°N 79.97833°W / 35.93806; -79.97833
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Model Farm
Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina)
Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina)
Location2058 Brentwood St., High Point, North Carolina
Coordinates35°56′17″N 79°58′42″W / 35.93806°N 79.97833°W / 35.93806; -79.97833
Area1.99 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural styleL-Plan House
NRHP reference No.11000208[1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2011

Model Farm, also known as Swarthmore Farm, is a historic home located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1867, and is a 2+12-story, triple-A roofed, side-gabled, L-plan, frame building with 12 rooms. It is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a brick foundation. The front facade has a full width, one-story hip-roofed porch. The house is associated with an important program of the Quakers to improve agricultural endeavors in the South in the decades after the American Civil War.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-29.
  2. ^ Gisele Taylor Wells (September 2010). "Model Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.