Hodges, Eugene Wilson, Farm
Why it's listed
Built about 1908 by Eugene Wilson Hodges, a farmer in the Crab Orchard Township area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the farmhouse is a three-bay frame I-house with two parallel rear ells. Hodges reportedly built much of it himself using salvaged materials. Its triple-A roof is covered in patterned slate shingles, and a wraparound porch with slender wooden Doric columns gives it a vernacular Colonial Revival character. The farmstead also includes frame granaries and chicken coops from about 1930, a hip-roofed wellhouse from about 1908, a barn and two concrete silos from about 1935, and a tenant house. Its listing rests on the house as a representative early 20th-century farmhouse, on the outbuildings as examples of traditional and newer farm building types, and on the farm's record as a middle-class operation. Hodges died in 1943, and the farmland remains largely intact as a working landscape of pasture, cropland and woods.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farmhouse is an early 20th-century interpretation of the traditional I-house with vernacular Colonial Revival elements, built largely by its owner. It argues the contributing outbuildings, including gambrel-roofed granaries and a wellhouse, represent traditional and popular farm building types, and that the farm represents a middle-class farming operation in the county in the early 20th century.
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 91000077, listed February 21, 1991. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 2900 Rocky River Church Rd., Charlotte |
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| County | Mecklenburg County |
| Listed | February 21, 1991 |
| Reference number | 91000077 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | ca. 1908-1939 |
| Architect / builder | Hodges, Eugene Wilson / builder |
| Architectural style | vernacular Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The farm remains a working farm; the house is occupied by a family member, and the document describes some outbuildings as vacant or in use for storage. |
| Acreage | 187 |
| Coordinates | 35.27048, -80.70484 (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 91000077.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19462344
- This listing as JSON
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