- Perry Farm
Infobox_nrhp | name =Perry Farm
nrhp_type =
caption =
nearest_city= Riley Hill,North Carolina
locmapin = North Carolina
area =
built =1820
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
added =August 26 ,1994
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Wake County MPS
refnum=94001025cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-05-02|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service ] The Perry Farm is an intact, historicAfrican-American farm complex in Riley Hill,North Carolina , a suburb of Raleigh. The farm house was built in 1820 by John and Nancy Perry, white owners of several slaves during theAntebellum period of the South.After the Civil War ended, a freedman named Feggins Perry made arrangements with his former masters to work the land as a tenant farmer. Each night after work, Feggins made baskets and furniture for extra money so he and his brother could buy land, which was the prime goal of many freedmen. Feggins Perry also helped establish the nearby Riley Hill Baptist Church for freed slaves. In 1914 Feggins' son Guyon Perry purchased Perry Farm. The property remains in the family to this day.
Perry Farm was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in August 1994 as significant in African-American social history.cite web| last=| first=| title="Wake County Landmarks" | work=| publisher=Capital Area Preservation, Inc.| date=| url=http://www.cappresinc.org/gallery.php?reflink=wake_county_landmarks| accessdate=2008-05-02] cite web| last=| first=| title="Riley Hill, Wake County North Carolina" | work=| publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | date=2002-05-21| url=http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:oebr1-x7onQJ:www.hsl.unc.edu/phpapers/RileyHill02/rileyhill02.pdf+Perry+Farm+Riley+Hill&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13&gl=us| accessdate=2008-05-02]ee also
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List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina References
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