Venters Farm Historic District Explained

Venters Farm Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:US 258 and NC 1229, near Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.8628°N -77.5489°W
Added:May 7, 1987
Refnum:86003504

Venters Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex includes 23 contributing buildings. The main house was built about 1896, and is two-story frame, late Victorian farm house with a detached kitchen. Other contributing buildings include a corn barn (c. 1896), a carriage house (c. 1896), a smokehouse (c. 1896), mule / hay barn (c. 1920s), cow / pig barn (c. 1920s), eight tobacco barns, a brooder house (c. 1946), and seven tenant houses.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cynthia Craig and Jim Sumner. Venters Farm Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . Fall 1986. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . February 1, 2015.