{"nrhp_refnum":"02001717","name":"Barber Farm","other_names":["Luckland"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"225 Redmon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.714524180500035,"lon":-80.6431818919322,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-01-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Barber Farm, also called \"Luckland,\" is a 241.68-acre agricultural district on Redmon Road near Cleveland in western Rowan County, North Carolina. It includes a ca. 1855 Greek Revival farmhouse, an 1870s tenant house, outbuildings, fields and a railroad right-of-way.","why_significant":"The farm has stayed in the Barber family since the late eighteenth century and is described as one of the most intact nineteenth and twentieth century agricultural complexes in Rowan County. Its log, frame and stone outbuildings date from the 1850s to the late 1940s. The farm also reflects 1930s-40s soil conservation work led by Richard W. Barber with Civilian Conservation Corps assistance.","narrative":"Barber Farm is a working-landscape district of about 242 acres on Redmon Road, southeast of Cleveland in western Rowan County. Its centerpiece is the Jacob Franklin Barber House, built around 1855 by local carpenter-builder James Graham. It is a two-story, three-bay vernacular Greek Revival dwelling with a shake roof, a rear ell and heart pine interiors. Nearby stand a log horse barn, a granary, a smokehouse, a carriage house, a small school built for home schooling, stone well houses and a late-1940s cow barn. A smaller house from the 1870s, built for Jacob Barber's son, once housed tenants. The land has remained with the Barber family since the late eighteenth century. In the 1930s and 1940s, Richard W. Barber restored the main house and worked to repair eroded fields with terraces built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. A former North Carolina Midland Railroad right-of-way also crosses the property. The farm was listed for its intact agricultural buildings and landscape.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James Graham, local carpenter-builder (Jacob Franklin Barber House)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The main house is occupied by the present owners. The Edward W. Barber House has been unoccupied since about 1970 and is slated for future restoration. Several outbuildings are still used for storage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.204609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7220/47722034/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02001717.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722034","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_Farm_(Cleveland,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/barber-farm-02001717/"}