Lewis Highsmith Farm

Lewis Highsmith Farm
Location US 421 S of NC 41, near Harrells, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°42′43″N 78°11′17″W / 34.71194°N 78.18806°W / 34.71194; -78.18806Coordinates: 34°42′43″N 78°11′17″W / 34.71194°N 78.18806°W / 34.71194; -78.18806
Area 113 acres (46 ha)
Built c. 1840 (1840)
Architectural style Federal
MPS Sampson County MRA
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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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