{"nrhp_refnum":"90001859","name":"Peterson, John N., Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E side of SR 1321 just N of jct. with SR 1322","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poplar","county":"Mitchell County","state":"NC","lat":36.08978118750005,"lon":-82.32995975514135,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late nineteenth-century farmhouse and farmstead in the rural community of Poplar (formerly Hollow Poplar), Mitchell County, North Carolina, built about 1870 by John N. Peterson. The property includes a Folk Victorian I-house, a barn, a corncrib, a smokehouse, a cellar shed and about 36 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm reflects the life of a subsistence farmer in the mountains during 1870-1910. The house is presented as a highly decorated example of Folk Victorian sawn detailing on a Greek Revival influenced I-house form. Peterson's service as postmaster and county magistrate and his operation of a mill, sawmill and blacksmith shop add to the property's local importance.","narrative":"Set on a partly cleared tract in the mountain community of Poplar in Mitchell County, the farm centers on a two-story, three-bay I-house begun about 1870 by John N. Peterson, a carpenter who is said to have built it himself. Its double-tier front porch carries sawn spandrels, a balustrade and a frieze, and a 1985 county inventory describes the sawn detailing as among the most flamboyant folk Victorian work in the county. The house keeps its original front door with painted graining, interior poplar paneling and a carved mantel, despite a 1960 kitchen wing replacement. The farmstead includes a 19th-century barn and several early twentieth-century outbuildings. Peterson served as postmaster from at least 1879 and as a justice of the peace, and the property is regarded as a clear record of subsistence farming and local government in a remote part of the Blue Ridge.","period_of_significance":"1870-1910","architect_builder":"John N. Peterson (builder, according to family tradition)","architectural_style":"Folk Victorian; Greek Revival influenced I-house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a seasonal residence; the house was altered in 1960 with a rear kitchen wing replacement and asphalt roofing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.869366-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7214/47721402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001859.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001859/4514fe51e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001859/4514fe51e3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peterson_Farm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peterson_Farm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721402","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Peterson_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987528"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mitchell-county/peterson-john-n-farm-90001859/"}