High Rock Farm Explained

High Rock Farm
Location:SE of Reidsville on SR 2619, near Williamsburg, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.26°N -79.5667°W
Built:early 1800s
Architecture:Federal
Added:April 26, 1974
Refnum:74001373

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.[1]

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.[2] Mary Scales was married to the great-great-great grandfather of U.S. Senator John McCain.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit Staff. High Rock Farm. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 1973 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308070638/http://www.themarconline.org/deep-springs-historic-home/ . 2016-03-08 . dead .
  3. Web site: Rockingham County historian Bob Carter combines discretion, scholarship. Mary Burritt. Greensboro News and Record. 16 October 2016 . 9 December 2021.