Dupree–Moore Farm

Coordinates: 35°43′47″N 77°32′25″W / 35.72972°N 77.54028°W / 35.72972; -77.54028
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Dupree–Moore Farm
Dupree–Moore Farm is located in North Carolina
Dupree–Moore Farm
Dupree–Moore Farm is located in the United States
Dupree–Moore Farm
Location3901 Buck Moore Rd., near Falkland, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′47″N 77°32′25″W / 35.72972°N 77.54028°W / 35.72972; -77.54028
Area185.85 acres (75.21 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)-1825, c. 1848, c. 1861
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.12000579[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 2012

Dupree–Moore Farm, also known as the Thomas Dupree House, is a historic home and tobacco farm located near Falkland, Pitt County, North Carolina. The house was built between about 1800 and 1825, as a 1+12-story, three-bay, frame dwelling. It was enlarged to two stories and rear additions added and remodeled in the Greek Revival style about 1848. A two-story rear "T" addition was added about 1861. The house features a one-story full-width shed-roof front porch with Picturesque-style latticework. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1910), tobacco grading house (c. 1910), pump house/utility shed (c. 1938), frame equipment shelter (c. 1955), mule barn (c. 1905), tobacco packhouse (c. 1910), tenant house (c. 1922), tenant tobacco packhouse (c. 1922), sweet potato house (c. 1910), log tobacco barn (c. 1942), tobacco barn (c. 1951), and tobacco packhouse (c. 1951).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/27/12 through 8/31/12. National Park Service. 2012-09-07.
  2. ^ Drucilla H. York (March 2012). "Dupree–Moore Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.