Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery explained

Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery
Location:SR 1135 S of US 701, near Garland, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.7961°N -78.36°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:March 17, 1986
Refnum:86000570

Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery is a historic plantation house located near Garland, Sampson County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1835, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, single pile Federal style frame dwelling. It has a brick pier foundation, side gable roof, and engaged front porch with a shed roof and engaged rear shed. The interior follows a hall-and-parlor plan. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery. It is identical in form to the Samuel Johnson House.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner . Murphy-Lamb House and Cemetery. National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory . June 1985 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-04-01.