Hood–Anderson Farm
Historic farm in North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hood–Anderson Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Eagle Rock, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of the state capital Raleigh. The main house was built about 1839, and is an example of transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-house. It is two stories with a low-pitched hip roof and a rear two-story, hipped-roof ell. The front facade features a large, one-story porch, built in 1917, supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing combined general store and post office (1854), a one-room dwelling, a two-room tenant/slave house, a barn (1912), a smokehouse, and several other outbuildings and sites including a family cemetery.[2]
Hood–Anderson Farm | |
Location | Old Battle Bridge Rd., 0.4 miles (0.64 km) south of the junction with Old Tarboro Rd., Eagle Rock, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°47′46″N 78°24′20″W |
Area | 138 acres (56 ha) |
Built | 1839 |
Architect | William Henry Hood |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Wake County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 99000509[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 29, 1999 |