Lewis Highsmith Farm Explained

Lewis Highsmith Farm
Location:US 421 S of NC 41, near Harrells, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.7119°N -78.1881°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:March 17, 1986
Refnum:86000559

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner . Lewis Highsmith Farm. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1985 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-04-01.