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

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Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home
Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina)
Nearest city NC 8, near Lexington, North Carolina
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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]

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