{"nrhp_refnum":"75001278","name":"Seagle, Andrew, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Reepsville off SR 1205","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reepsville","county":"Lincoln County","state":"NC","lat":35.51952385800007,"lon":-81.34599337899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small nineteenth-century farm complex north of Reepsville (Vale vicinity) in Lincoln County, North Carolina, built around 1860 by Andrew Seagle. It includes a frame dwelling, log outbuildings and a brick beehive bake oven.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a remarkably complete and intact group of farm buildings, many of log, that reflects the self-sufficient character of small farmers of German origin in northern Lincoln County. The house, barn, smokehouse, storage buildings and the beehive oven form a well-preserved, representative nineteenth-century small farm. Seagle's modest landholdings were typical of most North Carolina landowners after the Civil War.","narrative":"Andrew Seagle built this farm complex north of Reepsville in Lincoln County, North Carolina, around 1860, on land acquired from his father and a neighbor in 1854 and 1857. The two-story frame house was built in two sections, with help from relatives and neighbors. Around it stand log buildings, including an earlier log dwelling, a double-pen barn, a smokehouse, storage buildings and a possible blacksmith shop, plus a frame garage. The most distinctive feature is a stuccoed brick beehive bake oven on a stone base. A hollowed stone in the front yard was reportedly used to render tar and pitch from pine. Seagle, who could not read or write, farmed modestly and never held more than 182 acres, which made his operation typical of post-Civil War landowners. The complex is valued as a remarkably intact example of a small German-influenced farm, built for utility and independence rather than fashion.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date ca. 1860)","architect_builder":"Andrew Seagle, with help from relatives and neighbors","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site; the form checks both occupied and private residence and agricultural use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.981575-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7210/47721070/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001278.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Seagle_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23074028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lincoln-county/seagle-andrew-farm-75001278/"}