Kellenberger Estate
Also known as: Miramichi
Why it's listed
Miramichi, the Kellenberger Estate, is a wooded, landscaped tract of about 33 acres southeast of Greensboro. Beginning about 1921, the Kellenbergers took over a farm with a mid-19th-century log farmhouse and reshaped it into a country retreat. They added dormers, service wings and a large rear addition to the house, and built recreation features around a lake first dammed about 1915. The grounds include stone grottos made from local fieldstone, a curved concrete pool with spillway, two brick-paved picnic areas with fireplaces, a rustic two-story boathouse, a children's swimming pool, and naturalized plantings of dogwood, magnolia and wisteria. Three outbuildings, a tenant house, a chicken house and a log doghouse, also survive. The estate was listed as a district for its role in recreation and social life of the period and for its naturalistic landscape design, influenced by English garden writers. The house remains a residence, though some lakeside facilities have deteriorated.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the estate is significant for recreation and social history as a wealthy couple's country retreat with a lake, boathouse, pool and picnic areas. It is also significant for landscape architecture and architecture, with a naturalized, Arts and Crafts-influenced landscape and a log house with Colonial Revival additions. Much of the 1921-1944 landscape and its structures remain intact.
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 94000218, listed March 17, 1994. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1415 Kellenberger Rd., Greensboro |
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| County | Guilford County |
| Listed | March 17, 1994 |
| Reference number | 94000218 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | ca. 1921-1944 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival; Other: Arts and Crafts |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house is in use as a single-family residence in excellent condition. Some recreation areas, including the boathouse and the drained swimming pool, are deteriorated or unused. |
| Acreage | 32.6 |
| Coordinates | 36.05544, -79.67212 (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 94000218.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19462698
- This listing as JSON
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