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	Melton–Fortune Farmstead
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	SR 1006 south of NC 226, near Golden Valley, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°30′34″N 81°45′52″W / 35.50944°N 81.76444°W
Area	140 acres (57 ha)
Built	1796
Architectural style	Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.	85001553
Added to NRHP	July 11, 1985

Melton–Fortune Farmstead is a historic home and farm located near Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina. The oldest section of the house was built about 1796, and is a rectangular, hall-and-parlor plan, log structure that forms two rooms of the central core. The house is a 1 1/2-story, weatherboarded structure with an engaged porch and Federal style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing log barn, threshing machine, and archaeological sites.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Doug Swaim and Jim Sumner (April 1985). "Melton–Fortune Farmstead" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Doug Swaim and Jim Sumner (April 1985). "Melton–Fortune Farmstead" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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