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Riley Everhart Farm and General Store

Coordinates: 35°53′40″N 80°16′28″W / 35.89444°N 80.27444°W / 35.89444; -80.27444
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Riley Everhart Farm and General Store
Riley Everhart Farm and General Store is located in North Carolina
Riley Everhart Farm and General Store
Riley Everhart Farm and General Store is located in the United States
Riley Everhart Farm and General Store
Nearest citySR 1468, near Welcome, North Carolina
Coordinates35°53′40″N 80°16′28″W / 35.89444°N 80.27444°W / 35.89444; -80.27444
Area97 acres (39 ha)
Built1885 (1885)
Built byCecil, D. K.
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSDavidson County MRA
NRHP reference No.84002001[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1984

Riley Everhart Farm and General Store is a historic farm and general store located near Welcome, Davidson County, North Carolina. The main house was built in 1885, and is an I-house that consists of a two-story, three-bay by two-bay, brick main block with a two-story rear ell with Italianate-style design elements. It has a one-story front porch and one-story porches on the ell. The Arnold General Store and Post Office is a tall, narrow two-story, three-bay, frame building with a gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing original brick dairy and wellhouse, original log barn, granary, gear house, corn crib, woodhouse, chicken house, and garage.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Ruth Little (May 1983). "Riley Everhart Farm and General Store" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.