Green, John Bunyan, Farm
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Why it's listed
This farm along the Rocky River near Midland, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, covers 371.25 acres and centers on a two-story frame farmhouse built soon after 1880 for John Bunyan Green. The house combines a traditional I-house form with Italianate details, including a two-story gabled porch with sawn balustrades, bracketed eaves and a well-made open-string staircase in the center hall. Around it stand a log barn, three log crib buildings, a granary, a cotton house, a blacksmith shop, a tenant house and a board-and-batten miller's house. Green farmed the land and operated a grist mill, sawmill and cotton gin on the river, a business his son continued until 1934. The first mill washed away in 1908 and its turbine-powered replacement later fell into ruin, leaving only rubble. The property was recognized for its architecture and as a well-preserved example of a post-Civil War farm and milling enterprise.
Significance in brief: The farmhouse is identified in a 1981 county inventory as one of the two finest Italianate farmhouses in Cabarrus County. The farm is also a well-preserved late nineteenth and early twentieth century agricultural complex with log outbuildings. The mill site and miller's house reflect the rural milling and ginning economy that followed the Civil War.
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 88000651, listed June 2, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | SR 1114 .5 mi. E of SR 1178, Midland |
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| County | Cabarrus County |
| Listed | June 2, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88000651 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | mid-nineteenth century to ca. 1880; 1934 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings and fields; the mills ceased operating in the mid-1930s and only rubble remains at the mill site. |
| Acreage | 371.3 |
| Coordinates | 35.21698, -80.48928 (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 88000651.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18151075
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.