Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House
Laurel Mill, September 2012
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House is located in North Carolina
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House is located in the United States
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House
LocationSW of Gupton at jct. of SR 1432 and 1436, near Gupton, North Carolina
Coordinates36°10′40″N 78°11′30″W / 36.17778°N 78.19167°W / 36.17778; -78.19167
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.75001262[1]
Added to NRHPMay 30, 1975

Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House is a historic home and grist mill located near Gupton, Franklin County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and is a one-story Greek Revival / Italianate style frame cottage over a raised brick basement. The frame mill building is two stories tall supported by large stone piers. The mill building extends over Sandy Creek. The house and mill are all that remains of the ambitious local industrial complex.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Cockshutt (January 1975). "Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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