National Register of Historic Places

Cates, Charles F. and Howard, Farm

Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina
Listed
September 23, 2001
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
01001025

About this property

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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Location

4870 Mebane Rogers Rd.
Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina
36.11432, -79.27864

Categories

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Nearby Historic Sites

Woodlawn School
Industrial
0.9 mi
Durham Hosiery Mill No. 15
Industrial
1.2 mi
Mebane Commercial Historic District
Listed
1.3 mi
White Furniture Company
Industrial
1.4 mi
Paisley-Rice Log House
Industrial
1.6 mi

Nearby Battles

Stoneman's Raid — Graham NC
1865Civil War
7.5 mi
Battle of Alamance (North Carolina Regulators)
1771Colonial
8.4 mi

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Cates, Charles F. and Howard, Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2001.

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Cates, Charles F. and Howard, Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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