{"nrhp_refnum":"85001453","name":"Goodwin Farm Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1900","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bells","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.719275673000055,"lon":-78.95977481402765,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex on cleared fields off S.R. 1900 near the Chatham-Wake County line in Bells, Chatham County, North Carolina, consisting of a main house, a secondary house and several agricultural outbuildings. The main house combines sections built from the mid-nineteenth century onward, including a two-story front section dated ca. 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex demonstrates the establishment and expansion of small family farms in central North Carolina during the nineteenth century. Its main house and outbuildings are presented as representative of vernacular architectural traditions in rural central North Carolina, and together they document the social and physical evolution of the farm.","narrative":"Set on cleared fields off S.R. 1900 near the Chatham-Wake County line, the Goodwin Farm Complex centers on a main house built in several stages, with a secondary house and a group of agricultural outbuildings. The earliest part is a log cabin and detached log kitchen, which family tradition places in the 1850s and which were later joined by a breezeway, covered in weatherboards and enclosed. John Goodwin, who established the farm in the 1850s, lived there with his wife Lucy and their children. W. H. Goodwin, one of their sons, enlarged the farm from eighty-two acres to 157 acres in the late 1890s and built the two-story front section of the house around 1900. Its central-hall plan, six-over-six windows, and turned porch posts reflect rural vernacular building of the period. The outbuildings, in weatherboard, board-and-batten, log and clay block, document the farm's growth through the nineteenth century. Together they illustrate how a small family farm developed in central North Carolina.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John and W. H. Goodwin","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Altered; still used for food preparation in the former kitchen section","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.899403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7174/47717467/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001453.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717467","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Farm_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18150965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/goodwin-farm-complex-85001453/"}