John Phifer Farm Explained

John Phifer Farm
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Jct. of Phifer Rd. and SR 1978, near Cleveland, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.78°N -80.7233°W
Builder:Phifer, John
Architecture:Vernacular 19th & 20th Centu
Added:December 28, 1990
Refnum:90001991

John Phifer Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The Jacob Phifer House was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, rectangular, weatherboarded log dwelling. The oldest building is the John Phifer House, built about 1819, and is a small two-story log dwelling. Other contributing resources are the double-pen log barn (c. 1858), tool shed (1930s), garage (1920s / 1930s), granary and corn crib (c. 1858), spring house (c. 1930), blacksmith shop (c. 1925), two chicken houses (1930s, c. 1940), log chicken coop (1930s), wood shed (c. 1930), smokehouse (c. 1858), privy (c. 1930), scalding vat (c. 1935), log tobacco barn (c. 1895), and the farm landscape.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood . John Phifer Farm . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1990. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.