{"nrhp_refnum":"80002845","name":"Patton Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Canton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Phillipsville","county":"Haywood County","state":"NC","lat":35.53919767900007,"lon":-82.8759221899742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 20-acre farm in the Pigeon River valley near Canton (Phillipsville vicinity), Haywood County, North Carolina, with a brick farmhouse of about 1870-1885 expanded around 1912, a large gambrel-roof barn and small outbuildings.","why_significant":"The farm was established about 1830 by James Patton and stayed in the Patton family for roughly 150 years. It was known for hospitality to travelers on the Buncombe Turnpike and appears on an 1833 state map. The brick house represents dwellings of prosperous mountain families, and its early twentieth century additions show how a farmstead grew across generations.","narrative":"Set on twenty acres of rolling farmland in the Pigeon River valley near Canton, this farm centers on a two-story brick house, a large gambrel-roof barn and several small outbuildings. James Patton bought former Cherokee land in 1828 and established the farm about 1830. His home sat on the Buncombe Turnpike and became known for hospitality to travelers, including circuit-riding judges and lawyers, and it is marked on an 1833 state map. The present brick house appears to date from the post-Civil War years, possibly built over an earlier dwelling, and shows Italianate-influenced window hoods. About 1912 James S. Patton enlarged it for his growing family, raising the rear wing and adding a two-story front porch and Colonial Revival mantels. The farm stayed in the family for about a century and a half, spanning four generations, and it reflects the settlement of far western North Carolina and the way mountain farmsteads expanded over time.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates ca. 1840?, ca. 1880, 1912)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Traditional brick form with Italianate influences; ca. 1912 Colonial Revival-type details","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed condition is good; the house is occupied, privately owned, and a small outbuilding serves as a family museum of farm implements and artifacts.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.566024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7207/47720754/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002845.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002845/39d20080a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002845/39d20080a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Warren LeMay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patton_Farmhouse,_West_Canton,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay</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:Patton_Farmhouse,_West_Canton,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720754","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987463"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/haywood-county/patton-farm-80002845/"}