Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina)


Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	NC 8, near Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′49″N 80°16′38″W / 35.76361°N 80.27722°W / 35.76361; -80.27722Coordinates: 35°45′49″N 80°16′38″W / 35.76361°N 80.27722°W / 35.76361; -80.27722
Area	225 acres (91 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)-1932
Architect	Hunter, Herbert
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Davidson County MRA
NRHP Reference #	84002034^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 10, 1984

Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home, also known as the Junior Order Home, is a historic Junior Order of United American Mechanics orphanage located near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. The complex was designed by noted architect Herbert B. Hunter and consists of five major buildings built between 1925 and 1932. The complex is modeled after the University of Virginia. The Colonial Revival style buildings include Administration Building (1927), the Pennsylvania Building ("Pioneer Cottage"), the South Carolina Building (now the Children's Emergency Shelter), the North Carolina Building, and the Samuel F. Vance Auditorium (1932).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ruth Little (August 1983). "Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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