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.