Lewis Highsmith Farm
Appearance
Lewis Highsmith Farm | |
Location | US 421 S of NC 41, near Harrells, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°42′43″N 78°11′17″W / 34.71194°N 78.18806°W |
Area | 113 acres (46 ha) |
Built | c. 1840 |
Architectural style | Federal |
MPS | Sampson County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000559[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 17, 1986 |
Lewis Highsmith Farm, also known as Sweet Liberty, is a historic home and farm complex located near Harrells, Sampson County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1840, and is a large two-story, double pile, Federal style frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a full-width, two-tier front porch. The interior follows a hall-and-parlor plan. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, the former kitchen, the gable roofed barn, and a nearby cluster of four tobacco barns.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner (June 1985). "Lewis Highsmith Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
Categories:
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1840
- Buildings and structures in Sampson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs