{"nrhp_refnum":"93000728","name":"Farrar, Obediah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9910 Barringer Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haywood","county":"Lee County","state":"NC","lat":35.60211671500005,"lon":-79.07383436333407,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame I-house at 9910 Barringer Road near Haywood, Lee County, North Carolina, built in the 1850s by Obediah Farrar on the west bank of the Deep River, together with a section of antebellum road and surrounding fields.","why_significant":"The house is one of several mid-nineteenth-century farmhouses in northeastern Lee County with decorative brickwork chimneys, probably built by brickmason Paskill McCoy. It has Greek Revival detailing and a rear-placed winder stair. The property also includes a 5,000-foot section of antebellum road leading to the Haywood Bridge, which supports its significance in transportation.","narrative":"This two-story frame farmhouse on Barringer Road near Haywood, in northeastern Lee County, North Carolina, was built in the 1850s by Obediah Farrar, who bought the land in 1849. It follows the I-house form, with weatherboard siding, a metal hip roof, and a center-passage plan. Its brick end chimneys have tumbled shoulders and decorative brickwork, and the west chimney carries a partly effaced date that reads either 1850 or 1856. Inside, Greek Revival details include paneled pilasters, molded surrounds with corner blocks, two-panel doors, and an enclosed winder stair rising from the rear of the passage. The chimneys resemble others in the area and were probably built by brickmason Paskill McCoy. An antebellum road trace in front of the house, possibly dating to an 1801 court order, led to the Haywood Bridge over the Deep River. After serving as a tenant house, the building was rehabilitated in 1960-1961 and is still a residence, with modern additions set back from the original block.","period_of_significance":"1850-1859","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1960-1961 after severe disrepair; the house is still used as a single dwelling, with modern one-story additions and a replaced front porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.493445-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7181/47718133/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93000728.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718133","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obediah_Farrar_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461710"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lee-county/farrar-obediah-house-93000728/"}