Cedarock Park Historic District
Why it's listed
Cedarock Park is a 414-acre county park in rural southwest Alamance County, North Carolina, set on former farmland with rolling pastures, hardwood stands and rock outcroppings along Rock Creek. Its two surviving farmhouses, the c. 1820 Curtis House and the c. 1835 George W. Garrett House, are two-story frame dwellings in the vernacular Greek Revival style, and the Garrett farm keeps a log kitchen, smokehouse, corncrib and barn. The district is also marked by a rock dam and the foundation of the Huffman grist mill, which operated on Rock Creek from around 1850 until the early 1930s. Post offices at both farmsteads gave the area a community role in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The district is regarded as an intact record of antebellum and postwar farm life in the piedmont, with its buildings, setting and associated mill sites still legible today.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the district is significant for its representative vernacular Greek Revival farmhouses and outbuildings, which illustrate nineteenth-century piedmont farm life, and for its associated long-lived milling and agricultural activity. It also notes that the district served as a local post office site and community center.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 86003455, listed December 4, 1986. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | SR 2409, Graham |
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| County | Alamance County |
| Listed | December 4, 1986 |
| Reference number | 86003455 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | C. 1820 - C. 1930 |
| Architect / builder | John F. Garrett, owner/builder, c. 1835, 1868; and various or unknown |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival (vernacular) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Garrett House now serves as the Park Ranger's office; Spoon House is in use as a park concession stand. |
| Acreage | 414 |
| Coordinates | 35.98967, -79.44172 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 86003455.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5056984
- This listing as JSON
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