Machpelah (Townsville, North Carolina)
Machpelah, also known as Macpelah, McPelah, and the Robert B. Taylor Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Townsville, Vance County, North Carolina. The Edward O. Taylor House was built about 1880, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, vernacular frame dwelling with Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival details. Also on the property are the contributing single-story, timber-frame Greek Revival plantation office building (c. 1850, c. 1900); oil house (c. 1900); well (c. 1900, c. 1950); salting house and dovecote; privy (c. 1900); henhouse (c. 1900); flower pit (c. 1920); 1 1/2-story modest Colonial Revival style guesthouse (1954); five tenant houses (c. 1890, c. 1910, c. 1920); feed house (c. 1900); two stables (c. 1900, c. 1950); corn crib (c. 1900); two cemeteries; and the farm landscape.[2]
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| Location | 12079 NC 39, approx. 0.5 mi (1 km). S of Townsville, near Townsville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°29′11″N 78°25′58″W |
| Area | 323 acres (131 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850, c. 1880 |
| Built by | Willie Newkirk |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Queen Anne, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000215[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 27, 2007 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Cynthia de Miranda and Alan Feduccia (August 2006). "Machpelah" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
