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Farmville Plantation, located in the Piedmont farmland, includes a sma.l1 residel1 tial complex compose d of two house s of different periods ,'?Jld a nnmbHr of outbuildings. The main structure is a two-story brick hO'_i_se, thr'sG bCl.yS v,ride and two deep, with a two-story entrance portico and a one­stor,Y (last rear wing. The smaller dwelling, set at right angles to the mai st.rnctuT'o and connec-ted to it by a breezeway, is also two stories hig:l., thr8C b;?,ys ~vide and t'tvo deep, and is constructed of brick covered with st,l.lCCO

Tho principal structure faces north.. The front and rear of the ;-",ain block 2ct1d the rear elevation of the wing are laid in Flemish bond, an':. the sides of both sections are laid in three-to-one common bond.. The high. brick foundation projec ts slightly, and the water table is marke d by . single course of molded brick headerso The openings are surmounted t. hand some flat arches. In each bay of the foundation is a six-pane casement t·;rindoH, protec ted by a wooden grille. A low gable roof of standing-sJam tin covers the structure. The eaves are boxed at the front and rear, ~'Jith

a molded cornice.. The gables are accented by a deep molded cornice 't~'.1'lich

J.3 interrupted on e2.ch side by the stack of the exterior end chimney" Each chimney) constrl.J.ctso of brick laid in three-to-one corrrrnon bond, has s~Lngle

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In the center bay at each level of the main facade is a doorway. [aain entrance at the first level consists of a double door, each 1eaf t2.ining five flat panels, surmounted by a transom with pointed-archee, T,r'aC81'Y" 'The entrance, framed by an ovolo-molded archit~C'ave and flat·- n rEllelcd soffi t al1d reveals, has a flat arch and a granl te slll.. The ~-:Gcondr

8:.J.trance COTIE3ists of a single flat-paneled door beneath a £'our- __ ~8,ne --/ j·J'::..:..r~ . .s;::'m ~.Ji tllin an, ovolo-molded arc hi trave.. A handsome Doric tetrasty-.:.e ":'j'~,ran0:3 portico protects both stories. The pediment, with a stuccoeJ ·t.::'m;p.:~:um .3,.L'1d molded cornice and frieze) is supported by stuccoed brie,' ~..:LLlars with plaster capitals. Brick steps lead to the center bay ofi:-,he .fi::.":3 t-1ev'81 porch, and a plain wood balus trade enclose s both lower ar.c.· 11~~'per pOI'cheso The portico rests on brick piers, with arched opening,-:; ;:;8 t\~e8n the piers flarlking the steps. The windows are identical throi1ghout the structure, each having six-over-six sash set in a simple molded a:·'chi­travEl, flanked by flat-paneled E)hutters and a sill composed of two rO~·7:.5 of brick hOCiders stuccoed to simulate stone.. The rear central entrance ,::,nd t.he entrcmce in the rear bay of the 3ast. side are identical, each hav~.ng a ,~~inglo l'lat-panflled door in an ovolo-molded arc hi trave.

A one-story ShfJd porch extGnds across the rear elevo:bion. In thr~ east hay 01.' the porch is a brick vr.i.ng contemporary wi th the main block, wh:~le the vJOst bays are open. The porch has stuccoed brick Doric columns, con­nec ·ted by a plain wood baluf3trade 0 Brick pillars form the porch founda­tion.

Both stories of the principal structure of Farmville Plantation follow a cen tor hall plan one room deep, and the original simple, elegant tr:.m is intact throughout the house. The walls at both levels are plastered) and each roam in the main block has a molded baseboard and a molded plaster

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cOI'rlico ('JPpeal's to be a replacement. With the exception of the hall at the second l:'3vel, each room is finished wi th a wainscot. The window openin~s t.h::. ... (.\ughout the struc tul'e have splayed reveals. Some of the doors and vrindow reVG8~S on the first floor are flat-paneled, and the remaining reveals in the hOUSEl ar(=) plain.. Wide molded archi traves surround the window and door opening 3

of both stories. The window architraves continue to the floor, framing a paneled section of the wainscot, with the window sill a continuation of the chair rail.. Each of the interior doors has flat panels and is hung on butt hinges.

A concentric plaster medallion adorns the hall ceiling.. The handsome open-string stair (ci ted in Waterman's Early Arc hi tecture of North Carolina) spirals against the west wall of the hall to the second story and is ornamente) lvi th delicate tulip brackets which terminate in tendrils on the fascia of the second floor landing. The stair balustrade is composed of tall slender balust~rs square in section and an oval handrail. The stair appears to be copied from Oi-Jen Biddle's 1810 Young Carpenter I s Assistant, a type found in many fine Piedmont houses ..

TI18 focus of the parlor is a tall, wide three-part Federal mantel~ Flanking Doric pilasters, each wi th a single vertical flat panel, suppc~~t a plain frieze with end blocks, a deeply molded cornice which breaks out over the end blocks, and a narrow shelf.. The dado in this room is flat-pan f.:led, wi th a molde d chair rail.. The dining room man te 1 is simple 1', wi th a ~. '.te molded arc hi trave surrounding the fireplace opening, a wide plain friez:3 and a molded cornice wi th a narrow shelf.. The wainscot here is identical ~~,!) that in the parlor.. The mantel in the wing is qui te similar to the dining room mantel but features a more complex surround.. The wainscot in this room is composed of raised panels and a molded chair rail.. Both second-s·tory m!~{ntels are identical to the illant€l in the first-story l-ring. Each second-story room has a horizontally sheathed lvainscot and molded chair rail.

Tl18 r'lll basement) divide d into two rooms by a brick parti tion wal , was l".:Jcently renovated. Tbe west chinmey contains a supporting arch at th::L: level, hThile the east. chimney has a segmental-arched fireplace opening. The (,;01"

'l'·!!.~ v-fi.ndmv openings in the basement have wooden arc he s and are set wi tL:n ... :-: ~:[;~'::-,nt,l_l rOlJ.Elvlng arche s.

Th~3 F1.~;,in (t-J0~)'li) fc~cadG of the smalleI' structure faces tho east 31.1-:'; of .' prl.T~ci;J,3~ !:'(33ide;:lcCJ and is connected to it by a breez8Vlay. This bl'~'eze-

3.::,_ ::~l~~Jho'J.gh of recent construction, is perhaps rebuilt from an 82.r'lic·' ' -,,:,:~::,~~,t;~~'Jd~,~Q The walls of this building are of brick laid in one-to-th"L' "8

'~",>;l:lC'11 'no;jd Hith a thick stucco coating (a recent addition) and set on ~, l:'Jndo:TI fiuldstone foundation.. The gable roof, covered with standing-s€:!.ln tin, ,\:~i:; l;()=·~\:::d eaves and i.1:Jlc1ed cornices at the front and rear, ~nth plain c,)rnices :1,l, th3 i[,ables. The [~tructure originally had two exterior end chimneys" but '.->,) :3.Jl1.th chj_Tffi1ey Cl.J1cl the cap of -che large north chimney have disappear:;d .. C:,::,:,; J.~~;rr.':lil'~~Lng chimney has deep single convex shoulders & The main facaclJ has

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Farmville Plantation, the home of the Chambers family who were among the county's first settlers, includes an interesting early brick dw(.=:lling and an impressive Federal house distinguished by its handsome brick>Jork and well-executed i:1teriors.. Especially notable is the graceful spiral stair wi th "tulip" brackets, characteristic of the major Federal houses of the Piedmont ..

Henry Chambers was the grandfather of Joseph Chambers, the bui=.der of the prl3sent Farmville Plantation house" A native of Pennsylvania, ::i:Jnry obta.ined land in Rowan County, North Carolina, by a grant of 6ho ac~~-es sUTveyed in 175h.. According to a descendant's memoir, Henry Chambe~~'.s's log d-vJelling was still standing and in "fairly good condi tion" at the end of the Civil War.. Tombstone records indicate that Henry Chambers Was -~Iorn in 1707 and died in 1782.. One of his nine children Was a son, also nal':,3d Henry, born in 1751e Henry, the younger, did not inherit his fathe~"s plantation house by the' terms of the ~iill, but Was probably Ii ving on an adjoining tract at the' time of his father's death. In 1781 he had r:,ought from his father a 320-acre tract rec tangular in shape, which Was pre,bably a half of his father's above-mentioned grant of 6hO acres, al$o laid off as a rectangle It is also likely that he had taken possession of the tract some years b3fore the actual execution of the deed.

Tl1'3 younger Ch.JlTlbi-::Lrs, a successful planter, increased his estai:.;: by the. purchase of several tracts from the McElwrai th family Hhose pro:','::ni tor 'liaS a neighbor and contemporary of the first Henry Chambers. One o:~ these t:c'acts included a t'l'lo-story brick dwelling built probably by John lVk,~aviiTai tl+ -;'r11') fj_rst settled there in 1751.. Tms house, the smaller brick buil!,i,ing at I

L"::~·r!"\fj).le -' is thou.ght to be the oldest brick dwelling in Iredell CO~'~', ty. ';h·-, l!'S-/O United SL::.te:3 C(~n3US shows Henry Chambers to be the OvTner ,-,,:' nine .~_J,·':\r:l (i ~::md tho 1810 cen3US records his owning sixteen slaves 0 By] ~~15 .'-li:3 ':; ~;·:-(:'.tt1 7:Jas hold in trust, according to that yea].'"I s tax list: foJ. his

ix'r~s; D,J.vic1 J Joseph, and Na1.."Well, and included nine negro slavBs anJ 2,349 I i ,i·jj.'~",<;" His Hi11 loft lithe plantation I now live onl! to his son, Na~,-~811 I (1 'i.tr3'!.' a Healthy merchant prominent in the affairs of the Presbyter:L':I,n ( ,-::hiJ~ch and Da.vidson College), H,~1ile to Joseph he willed several trac·i:·s

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:i.ncll.lclillg f1the la.nd T bought from John McElwraith" containing 325 aC~'eso ~~\tl is _ ~:t~rG than ~~kGly upon th:i.s land that Josep? Chambers built the presen :1,:~'11~~'/~_.:_J.O Planta:tlon. In 1818, not long after hls father's death, In

i >: !rl':;.tl d HargarG t BrOlin. At this time also dee ds show that he ac quir.Jd j ,.JX bJJls::.vo real (;) sta te from his brothers David and Maxwell, which pro1'ably L .. __ . _____ . ___

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d lilOSt. of the f:unily lands e In one deed he is described as lime, :~hant. II

;-, ~';:: th;l1, Joseph Chambers bogan building his plantation home, Hh~'~h h8 :~, 1 l; c"--cmv:Llle, ar~und 1818. By 1837 the estate comprised more tharJ:,600

,J '~~_:'~ t~';'Jnty-thT!3e negro slaves. At Joseph Chambers's death in 1[:t8, his ''':T:!Jy Brmvn Chambers, inheri ted Farmville e In 1850 the plant2,-:',,;_on

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It relative, \vriting in 1912 "as a matter of historical pr ic:3ervati n ,~;.nll ij~'::,CJre3tfl described Farmvi}_le as it Has in 1860:

T11e) c1v1811ing and out-buildings were in a magnificent oak grove 30:--,'3 ten or tivel ve acres in extent. .. • • The view was through a broad and bec.lutiful avenue, as wide as the house was long, leading from the front gate at the house to the public road, and which was lined, shaded and ornamented by a row of alternate sycamores and elms on each side •.•• This yard on its North, East and West sides was enclosed by handsome out-buildings 'and, between them, a strong brick wall nearly as high as CL.'1 ordinary man. .. • .. On the inside of this wall and along e ac h side of the walks leading to the several gates, and around the residen(>3 itself, were rows or Cedars.

Al though the relative anti qui ty of the following described buildin(s is not noted by the wri tel', current information sugge sts that it refers to the l1cElwrai th homestead mentioned above, by now used as a ki tchen for the main house ..

Abou t twenty fee t from the foot of the se steps was a large two story brick building forming a part of the enclosure of the Eastern side of the yard.. Tile Northern of the two lower rooms of that building wa,s the kitchen, the Southern was a bedroom, often occupied by a resident physiCian and, for this reason, was called 'The Office.' One of une rooms upstairs was a weaving and lumber room, the other a store room for flour, meal and other necessary articles.

Farmville remained the property of PIO B. Chambers until 1898 when) at an advanced age, he r.yas unable to look after it and therefore sold i t. T~1a house had a succe ssion of owners until 1960 vJhen, on its way to becoming a ruin" it \'laS bought by Mr .. T .. Harry Gatton of Raleigh. Mr. Gatton, present chatrman of the Executive Board of the State Department of Archives &ld F~story; under­took the extensive task of re storing the house.. After making it habi t:~ble and renewing its faded grandeur, Mr. Gatton sold Farmville to Dr. R. Meredith Hall in 1970 ..

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As the designated State Liaison Officer' for the Na­

tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), T hereby nominate this property for inclusion

ill the N::Ition~d Register and certiry (hat it has been

pya lU<lted according to the c-iterin l.lnd procedu res set

forth by the National Park SerVIce, The recommended

!cvcl of sir-:nificance of this nomination is:

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.j I hereby certify that this property is included i i1 the

II National Register.

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DiNc/or, Office of Archeology and His/oric Prcscr-".-ltion

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ATTEST:

Keeper of The Nalio.'1aI Register

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