{"nrhp_refnum":"10000207","name":"Johnson Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2095 Kipling Rd (S side SR 1403, .2 mi E of SR 1425)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kipling","county":"Harnett County","state":"NC","lat":34.59015785850005,"lon":-78.87603956478095,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural farm complex of about 350 acres on the south side of Kipling Road and west of Hardee Road in northern Harnett County, North Carolina, near the community of Kipling. It includes a 1918 Southern Colonial-style dwelling, two tenant houses, two country stores, and a range of agricultural outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant under Criterion A for agriculture, as one of the largest farm complexes in the county since the nineteenth century and for the important role tenant farming played in its development. It is also significant under Criterion C for its intact collection of domestic and agricultural buildings representing rural North Carolina building practices of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.","narrative":"Located on the south side of Kipling Road in northern Harnett County, North Carolina, the Johnson Farm is a 350-acre rural complex held by one family for six generations. Its centerpiece is a two-story Southern Colonial house completed in 1918 from a design attributed to Ottie Johnson, built by the local builders Ashworth and Draughn. The farm also includes two tenant houses, two country stores dating from 1886 and 1918, and tobacco-processing buildings. The farm is regarded as one of the largest in the county since the nineteenth century, and the tenant system that worked its fields is central to its importance. Its buildings also document rural domestic and farm construction from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The period of significance runs from 1885, when the first store opened, to 1960, when the complex reached its present appearance.","period_of_significance":"1885-1960","architect_builder":"Ashworth and Draughn, builders","architectural_style":"Southern Colonial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.23978-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7207/47720734/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10000207.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720734","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Farm_(Kipling,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462629"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/harnett-county/johnson-farm-10000207/"}