John Henry Royster Farm

Historic farm in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


John Henry Royster Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

36°30′33″N 78°33′09″W / 36.5091°N 78.5525°W / 36.5091; -78.5525
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	1860 (1860)
Architect	Holt, Jacob
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
MPS	Granville County MPS
NRHP reference No.	88001260^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 31, 1988

John Henry Royster Farm is a historic tobacco farm complex and national historic district located near Bullock, Granville County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1860, and is a two-story, heavy timber frame dwelling. It features Greek Revival and Gothic Revival style design elements patterned after regional architect Jacob W. Holt. Also on the property are the contributing garage, corn crib, shed, dairy, smokehouse, chicken house, brooder house, a square notched log striphouse, two-square-notched log tobacco barns, a metal-sheathed log tobacco barn and a frame packhouse.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Marvin Brown and Patricia Esperon (October 1987). "John Henry Royster Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.