Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm

Historic farm in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

36°06′48″N 79°16′47″W / 36.11333°N 79.27972°W / 36.11333; -79.27972
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	c. 1905 (1905)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	01001025^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 2001

Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm, also known as Swathmoor Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures on a farm near Mebane. The district includes the two-story double-pile Cates farmhouse (c. 1801, c. 1851) and a collection of outbuildings and supporting structures. These include outbuildings probably associated with pickle manufacture such as the packhouse (c. 1900) and the office (c. 1920); outbuildings associated with dairying including the multipurpose barn (c. 1910), the well house (c. 1930), and the milk barn (c. 1939–40); and the mule barn, gas house, tool shed, pump house, privy, and chicken house (c. 1910). Its owner Charles F. Cates was instrumental in establishing the Woodlawn School.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Beth Keane (March 2001). "Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.