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Richard Mendenhall Plantation Buildings

Coordinates: 35°59′34″N 79°56′56″W / 35.99278°N 79.94889°W / 35.99278; -79.94889
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Richard Mendenhall Homeplace and Buildings
Mendenhall Homeplace, September 2014
Richard Mendenhall Plantation Buildings is located in North Carolina
Richard Mendenhall Plantation Buildings
Richard Mendenhall Plantation Buildings is located in the United States
Richard Mendenhall Plantation Buildings
LocationU.S. 29, Jamestown, North Carolina
Coordinates35°59′34″N 79°56′56″W / 35.99278°N 79.94889°W / 35.99278; -79.94889
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1811 (1811)
NRHP reference No.72000964[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 3, 1972

Richard Mendenhall Homeplace and Buildings a historic homeplace, farm and buildings in the Southeastern United States located at Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina. The Mendenhall farmhouse was built in 1811, and consists of a two-story, brick main block of plain typically Quaker design, with a porch on three sides and a number of additions to the west and rear. Also on the property is a large early Red Bank Barn of the Pennsylvania German type, Underground Railroad False Bottom Wagon, One Room School House, Dr. Madison Lindsay's House, Museum, Thy Store, and a Well House.[2]

The site is now opened for tours as Mendenhall Homeplace.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It is located in the Jamestown Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (June 1972). "Richard Mendenhall Homeplace Buildings" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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