Craig Farmstead is a historic home and farm located near Gastonia,

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. The William Moore Craig House was built about 1852, and is a one-story, single pile, two-room hewn- and sawn-frame house. The William Newton Craig House was built in 1886, and is a two-story, single pile

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style frame dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing

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(c. 1900-1910), meat / well house (c. 1900-1910), frame barn (c. 1890-1910), rectangular log pen barn (c. 1852-1860), and corn crib (c. 1900-1910). It was listed on the

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in 2006.

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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1852 Houses in Gaston County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Gaston County, North Carolina 1852 establishments in North Carolina {{GastonCountyNC-NRHP-stub