Venters Farm Historic District
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Tenant House, Venters Farm Historic District, October 2014
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Location | US 258 and NC 1229, near Richlands, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°51′46″N 77°32′56″W / 34.86278°N 77.54889°WCoordinates: 34°51′46″N 77°32′56″W / 34.86278°N 77.54889°W |
Area | 536 acres (217 ha) |
NRHP reference # | 86003504 |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1987 |
Venters Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex includes 23 contributing buildings. The main house was built about 1896, and is two-story frame, late Victorian farm house with a detached kitchen. Other contributing buildings include a corn barn (c. 1896), a carriage house (c. 1896), a smokehouse (c. 1896), mule / hay barn (c. 1920s), cow / pig barn (c. 1920s), eight tobacco barns, a brooder house (c. 1946), and seven tenant houses.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.