Ben Farthing Farm Explained

Ben Farthing Farm
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:NC 1121 (Rominger Rd.) W side, just N of Watauga R., near Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.2392°N -81.8239°W
Builder:Farthing, Ben; Hartley, Charles
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Frame gambrel banked barn
Added:January 4, 1993
Refnum:92001736

Ben Farthing Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located near Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. The complex includes a modest 1 1/2-story frame bungalow (1923), a large frame bank barn of traditional gambrel-roof form (1935), a root cellar built into a mountainside (1938), a frame outhouse (1938), and a frame scale house (1941). The buildings are set in a vernacular landscaping of native rock (1939).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Langdon F. Oppermann. Ben Farthing Farm . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1992 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.