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21 <br /> OR 484 <br /> John Joseph Whitfield Farm - <br /> S. side SR 1731, 0 . 1 mi E. of SR 1732 <br /> 4113 Whitfield Rd <br /> Chapel Hill vicinity <br /> Orange County/Chapel Hill Township <br /> Chapel Hill Quad <br /> In 1879 John Joseph Whitfield built a two-story frame house <br /> with rear ell on his 160-acre farm. The chimney on the east end <br /> of the house was built in 1888 by a black stone/brick mason named <br /> Gaston Allen from Greensborough. Although remodeled with a two- <br /> story Colonial Revival porch, the main house retains much of its <br /> original late Greek Revival woodwork, including several post and <br /> lintel mantels , two- and four-panel doors, and 6/6 sash windows <br /> with peaked crowns . <br /> Now consisting of 39 acres , the farm is still owned by a <br /> member of the Whitfield family. Surrounding the house are a <br /> number of frame and log outbuildings, among them a log corn crib, <br /> frame well house, board and batten smokehouse, two log chicken <br /> houses, and a a log milk house. A small board and batten <br /> dwelling with an interior brick chimney was built for one of the <br /> Whitfield children next to the main house. The Whitfield family <br /> produced cotton, tobacco , grain, and beef cattle on the farm. <br /> source: Mr. Glenn Whitfield, current owner <br />