Lewis–Thornburg Farm Explained

Lewis–Thornburg Farm
Nearest City:NC 1107, approximately 1.5 miles south of the junction with NC 1170, near Asheboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6164°N -79.9447°W
Built:c. -1950
Architecture:Center-passage single pile
Added:February 24, 2005
Refnum:05000085

Lewis–Thornburg Farm, also known as the Thornburg Farm, is a historic home and farm complex near Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina.

The farmhouse was built about 1855, and is a two-story, single-pile, three-bay, frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and a two-story rear ell, a one-story rear kitchen wing and a one-story enclosed rear porch. Other contributing resources are two grape arbors (c. 1950), a smokehouse (c. 1920), an equipment shed/garage (c. 1930), an outhouse (c. 1930), five chicken houses (c. 1930, c. 1950), a dog house and pen (c. 1950), pigeon boxes (c. 1950), two equipment sheds (c. 1950), a storage shed, a barn (c. 1900, c. 1950), a tack shed (c. 1950), a carriage house (c. 1900), a three-board fence (c. 1950), an animal chute (c. 1950), a hog shelter (c. 1950), a wood shed (c. 1950), a hog house (c. 1950), and the agricultural landscape.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heather Fearnbach. Lewis–Thornburg Farm. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2004. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.