{"nrhp_refnum":"84002148","name":"Shoaf, Henry, Farm","other_names":["Dv-342"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.83538932850004,"lon":-80.27988658479855,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log farmstead on the north side of new NC 64, about one mile west of I-85 near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It has a two-story log house, a double pen log barn dated 1811, and several log outbuildings, and was built by Henry Shoaf.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most intact early nineteenth century log farms remaining in Davidson County. Its double pen barn has a butt-type principal rafter roof, the only known example in the county, and may be the oldest standing barn there. It is also associated with Henry Shoaf, a wealthy farmer who owned nearly 2,000 acres. The property has stayed in the Shoaf family since its construction.","narrative":"Just west of Lexington, in an area undergoing rapid commercial development, this farmstead preserves a nearly complete set of early nineteenth century log buildings. Henry Shoaf, born in 1792, is credited with building it. A two-story log house was enlarged and remodeled about 1860 in a vernacular Greek Revival-Italianate style, which hides the logs on the outside. Nearby stand a double pen log barn, smokehouse, corn crib, granary and potato house. The barn carries the carved initials \"H.S.\" and the date 1811. Its roof uses butt-type principal rafters, the only known example in Davidson County, and it may be the oldest barn standing there. Shoaf became one of the county's wealthiest farmers, with nearly 2,000 acres along Swearing Creek. The barn and granary were moved when US 64 was rerouted. The farm is listed for showing how a medium-sized farmstead looked and for its log construction, and for its link to Shoaf. His family has owned it continuously.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry Shoaf (builder, per family tradition); form lists builder/architect as unknown","architectural_style":"Log construction; vernacular Greek Revival-Italianate remodeling of 1860","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Altered: some buildings were moved in the 1970s when US 64 was rerouted. The house was enlarged and remodeled around 1860. Several other log outbuildings have disappeared.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.029146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7176/47717635/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002148.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002148/897cc3525d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002148/897cc3525d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lexington_Food_Lion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lexington_Food_Lion.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717635","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shoaf_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18331638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/shoaf-henry-farm-84002148/"}