{"nrhp_refnum":"90000858","name":"Wilfong-Wilson Farm","other_names":["Wilson,Major House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"SR 1145, SW of jct. with SR 1146","address_restricted":false,"city":"Startown","county":"Catawba County","state":"NC","lat":35.64481481350006,"lon":-81.29403661520024,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late antebellum farm in west central Catawba County, North Carolina, near the community of Startown, consisting of a ca. 1830 two-story Federal style frame farmhouse, outbuildings and roughly 53 acres of farmland on a knoll.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is one of the most intact plantations remaining in Catawba County and that the house is one of the finest Federal style houses in the county, with original mantels, cornices, wainscot and graining. The house and vernacular outbuildings are presented as representative of antebellum houses and rural outbuildings of the county, and the farm as typical of the county's varied, self-sufficient nineteenth-century agriculture.","narrative":"Built about 1830 by George Daniel Wilfong, the two-story frame farmhouse near Startown in Catawba County is set on a knoll overlooking pasture and wooded ravines. Its original Federal style interior survives, including two original mantels with carved fan corners and marbled finishes, molded cornices, paneled wainscot and grained six-panel doors. The house is regarded as one of the finest Federal style houses in the county. The farm's log smokehouse, frame corn crib and stone potato house, all thought to date from the house's period, remain grouped nearby. The property is significant for its association with Wilfong's family and the later Wilson family, who farmed it through the antebellum period into the early twentieth century, and for the house's architecture. Grain and livestock were the principal products, and the farm's integrity reflects typical agricultural life in the county.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830-1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Long unoccupied; the house is in relatively sound condition and is owned by a private party, with surrounding land used for grazing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:50.902313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7174/47717402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000858.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717402","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfong%E2%80%93Wilson_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/catawba-county/wilfong-wilson-farm-90000858/"}