{"nrhp_refnum":"86000559","name":"Highsmith, Lewis, Farm","other_names":["Sweet Liberty"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 421 S of NC 41","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrells","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.70693250100004,"lon":-78.19188891075686,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex near Harrells in southern Sampson County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story late Federal house built about 1840 for planter Lewis Highsmith, with a surviving set of outbuildings on 113 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a prime example of the substantial dwellings of the county's pre-Civil War planter class and has the only full-width, two-tier engaged porch in the county. The farm keeps an unusually good group of original and early outbuildings, including a full-dovetail log smokehouse and square-notch log tobacco barns. The Highsmith family farmed it for over a century.","narrative":"Along US 421 just south of Harrells, in Sampson County, stands a farm complex built around a two-story Federal style house dating to about 1840. Planter Lewis Highsmith had it built, and his family held the farm for more than a century before it was sold in 1945. The weatherboarded hall-and-parlor house has a full-width, two-tier porch, the only one of its kind in the county, and the interior is unusually plain. Around it survive a number of outbuildings, including the original kitchen moved in 1959, a full-dovetail log smokehouse with cantilevered side sheds, a packhouse, a barn, and four tobacco barns, two built of square-notched logs. In 1860 Highsmith owned 1,000 acres and 13 slaves. The 113 acres now nominated are a working farm. The property was recognized as a representative Sampson County farmstead and for the quality of its house and outbuildings.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a private residence and working farm; condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.096441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7183/47718387/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000559.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Highsmith_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868267"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/highsmith-lewis-farm-86000559/"}