Baker Farm, also known as Perdue Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located near Bunn,

Franklin County, North Carolina Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,573. Its county seat is Louisburg. Franklin County is included in the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

. The house was built in the first quarter of the 19th century and renovated in 1856 in the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style. It is a two-story, three bay frame dwelling with a late-19th century two-story rear wing. Also on the property are 10 contributing outbuildings including a

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke Smoke is a suspension of airborne particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with t ...

, wash house, two barns, a storage shed, and three tobacco barns. It was listed on the

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in 1982.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1856 Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses in Franklin County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-NRHP-stub