Dr. E. H. Ward Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bynum, Chatham County, North Carolina. The main house was built in sections during the mid-19th through early-20th century beginning about 1840. The earliest section is a -story, gable-roofed, two room log structure, that forms the rear of the main section. The main section was built about 1870, and is a one-story, gable-roofed frame structure with a simple gable-front porch. A one-story

board-and-batten A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass. Battens are variously used in construction, sailing, and other fields. In the lighting industry, battens refer to linea ...

rear ell was added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing office of Dr. Ward,

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

and gear room, board-and-batten barn and log cribs,

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and pen, and a small brick well house. It was listed on the

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in 1985.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Chatham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina {{ChathamCountyNC-NRHP-stub