John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company explained

John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company
Coordinates:35.3056°N -78.6128°W
Built:c., 1903, 1910, c. 1925, c. 1935
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 10, 1986
Refnum:86000739

John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company is a historic home and factory complex located at Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1840, and is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a full-facade, one-story porch and two-story, portico. Associated with the house are a barn, later remodeled with garage doors, a smokehouse, a storage/wash house, and fence. The main factory building was built in 1903, and is a two-story U-shaped building, with a two-story shed, gable roofed ell, and another ell. Other contributing factory buildings are an office (1937), two privies, McKay Manufacturing Company building (1910), trailer assembly room (c. 1930), steel house (1910), foundry (1910), cleaning rooms (1910), wood storage building (1935), boiler room (c. 1925), pattern room (c. 1925), and flask shop (1910).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Jo Brown and E.V. Oswald . John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1985. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.