{"nrhp_refnum":"10001059","name":"Farmington Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Farmington Rd, NC HWY 801 N, Cemetery Rd, Roland Rd, and Hartman Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Farmington","county":"Davie County","state":"NC","lat":36.01286561650005,"lon":-80.53330189825883,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Farmington Historic District is a rural crossroads community and historic district in northeastern Davie County, North Carolina, centred on the intersection of NC Highway 801 North and Farmington Road, covering about 324 acres. It contains residential, agricultural, commercial, religious and educational buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district epitomizes Davie County's agrarian economy from the mid-nineteenth through mid-twentieth century, when farm families made up most of the population, and that it is of local significance. It is also presented as containing an intact assemblage of vernacular dwellings and buildings in nationally popular styles, and the district's buildings reflect the community's prosperity during its period of significance.","narrative":"Farmington is a rural crossroads community in northeastern Davie County, North Carolina, built around the intersection of NC Highway 801 North and Farmington Road. The community began in 1837, when George Wesley Johnson opened a general store and post office there. Through the late nineteenth century it served as a trading hub with tobacco factories, roller mills, sawmills and a distillery, though most residents still depended on farming. Its buildings, dating from about 1850 through the mid-twentieth century, include vernacular farmhouses and examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Ranch styles. The Johnson Family House, built of brick in 1854-55, is cited as one of Davie County's most significant Greek Revival dwellings. The district also preserves fields, pastures, boxwood-lined approaches and outbuildings that show the landscape of a Piedmont farming community across a century of change.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850-1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional, Ranch","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 17:11:41.973875-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7200/47720003/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10001059.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001059/077b80a176-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001059/077b80a176-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bahnsai","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_F_Bahnson_home,_Farmington,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bahnsai</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_F_Bahnson_home,_Farmington,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720003","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington_Historic_District_(Farmington,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18354802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davie-county/farmington-historic-district-10001059/"}