Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House | |
 Laurel Mill, September 2012 | |
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| Location | SW of Gupton at jct. of SR 1432 and 1436, near Gupton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°10′40″N 78°11′30″W / 36.17778°N 78.19167°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001262[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1975 |
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House is a historic home and grist mill located near Gupton, Franklin County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and is a one-story Greek Revival / Italianate style frame cottage over a raised brick basement. The frame mill building is two stories tall supported by large stone piers. The mill building extends over Sandy Creek. The house and mill are all that remains of the ambitious local industrial complex.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Catherine W. Cockshutt (January 1975). "Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
Categories:
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1850
- Italianate architecture in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses in Franklin County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs