Tunstall, Eldon B., Farm
Why it's listed
Near Bullock in Granville County, this 40-acre farm centers on a white, weatherboarded I-house built in 1907 for Eldon B. and Alice Tunstall. The two-story, center-hall house has brick end chimneys, a front porch, a rear ell and plain finishes, including a cedar newel post and tobacco stick stair railings. Behind it, two rows of outbuildings show how a bright leaf tobacco farm operated: three V-notched log tobacco barns, a long frame packhouse, a striphouse with an attached ordering house, a corn crib, a smokehouse, a dairy, a chicken house, a shop and a garage. A frame store built around 1921 stands in front, closed after highway routes shifted. Of 16 outbuildings, only two small well houses are noncontributing. The farm is notable because the house is nearly unaltered and the set of early twentieth-century farm buildings is unusually complete. Tobacco growing continued into the 1950s, but the period of significance ends in 1937.
Significance in brief: The farm is argued to be an intact representative of life on a turn-of-the-century bright leaf tobacco farm in the old tobacco belt. Its center-hall I-house is little altered and well maintained, and it keeps an unusually full set of log and frame outbuildings. Few comparable farms in the county retain this much.
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 88001255, listed August 31, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | NC 1500, Bullock |
|---|---|
| County | Granville County |
| Listed | August 31, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88001255 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1907-1937 |
| Architect / builder | Tom Bolden, carpenter; others unknown |
| Architectural style | Other: I-house |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still a working farm and dwelling, with the house and outbuildings described as well maintained; owned and occupied by descendants of the original owners at the time of nomination. |
| Acreage | 40 |
| Coordinates | 36.53301, -78.53136 (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 88001255.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20745521
- This listing as JSON
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