{"nrhp_refnum":"82001306","name":"Haystack Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Oak Grove on SR 1480","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oak Grove","county":"Surry County","state":"NC","lat":36.45915074300004,"lon":-80.74884829153869,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Haystack Farm is a late nineteenth-century Victorian farmhouse on a hilltop in Oak Grove, Surry County, North Carolina, completed in December 1885 by Christopher Wren Bunker. It stands with a surviving fruit drying shed, barn and washhouse as part of a former agricultural complex.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm illustrates the dominance of agriculture and related enterprises in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North Carolina, through its mill, distillery, orchard and livestock operations. The house is presented as a typical late nineteenth-century two-story dwelling with fashionable Victorian detailing, including Italianate ornament and an early running-water system. The owner's family connection to Eng and Chang Bunker, the original Siamese twins, is cited as an additional point of interest.","narrative":"Built in 1885 on a hilltop above the Blue Ridge foothills in Surry County, North Carolina, Haystack Farm is a three-bay, two-story frame house with a two-story rear ell. Christopher Wren Bunker had the house completed in December 1885 as the centre of a farm that once covered nearly 1,000 acres. The complex included a flour mill, a molasses mill, a sawmill, an apple orchard used for vinegar, and a government distillery, along with cash crops of wheat, corn and tobacco. Italianate detailing dominates the exterior, with sawnwork brackets, six-over-six sash and etched transom glass at the entrance. Walnut from the mountains was used for the stair and mantels. The house had an unusual water system supplying running water, and its copper-lined tub is said to be the first in the county. The nomination regards the house and the surviving outbuildings as evidence of late nineteenth-century agricultural life.","period_of_significance":"1885-1932","architect_builder":"Christopher Wren Bunker (builder)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Restored by current owners after years of neglect, with restoration ongoing at the time of the nomination","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.814024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7223/47722300/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001306.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722300","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystack_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19902349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/surry-county/haystack-farm-82001306/"}