Lewis Highsmith Farm

Lewis Highsmith Farm
Lewis Highsmith Farm is located in North Carolina
Lewis Highsmith Farm
Lewis Highsmith Farm is located in the United States
Lewis Highsmith Farm
LocationUS 421 S of NC 41, near Harrells, North Carolina
Coordinates34°42′43″N 78°11′17″W / 34.71194°N 78.18806°W / 34.71194; -78.18806
Area113 acres (46 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)
Architectural styleFederal
MPSSampson County MRA
NRHP reference No.86000559[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.


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