Knox Farm Historic District Explained

Knox Farm Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:3485 Amity Hill Rd., near Cleveland, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7169°N -80.7469°W
Built:-1856
Builder:James Graham
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 1, 1983
Refnum:83001914

Knox Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The Robert Knox House was built between 1854 and 1856, and is a two-story, single-pile, three-bay vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, one-story rear kitchen ell. Its builder James Graham also built the Jacob Barber House and the Hall Family House. Other contributing resources are the log corn crib, reaper shed (c. 1870-1880), power plan (c. 1945), chicken house (c. 1930), brooder house (c. 1930), log smokehouse, barn (c. 1839-1845), main barn (1916), milking parlor (1948), spring house (18th century), tenant house (1920), and Knox Chapel Methodist Church (1870s).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood and Jerry Cross. Knox Farm Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.