{"nrhp_refnum":"99001333","name":"Freeman, Joseph, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NW side of SR 1213, .7 mi. NE of Jct. SR 1212","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gates","county":"Gates County","state":"NC","lat":36.53736678800004,"lon":-76.79330272657808,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 124.2-acre core of a family farm in the Reynoldson community near Gates, Gates County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story frame house begun in 1821 by Joseph Freeman, with outbuildings, fields, woodland and a surviving slave/tenant house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm reflects the agricultural livelihood of Joseph Freeman and his descendants since 1801 and the life of Freeman, a documented farmer, carpenter and cabinetmaker. It also holds a rare transitional Georgian/Federal two-story, one-room-plan dwelling in the Albemarle region. The farm's history spans the shift from slavery to tenant cultivation.","narrative":"Located near the Virginia line in Gates County, North Carolina, this farm centers on a modest two-story frame house that Joseph Freeman, a skilled cabinetmaker, began building in 1821. The nominated 124-acre core holds fields, woodland, a domestic yard and farm outbuildings including a smokehouse, pump house, barn, equipment shelters and a surviving slave/tenant house. The house combines Georgian and Federal details, with raised-panel doors, fine woodwork, grained paint and an uncommon enlarged one-room plan. A kitchen ell was added in 1915 for a Freeman grandson and namesake. The farm passed through family hands, serving first as a developing family farm, then as a homeplace for Freeman's daughters, and later as tenant-occupied land. It was listed for its agricultural history, its link to Freeman's life and work, and its architecture. The house is now unoccupied but in good condition, while several outbuildings are slowly deteriorating.","period_of_significance":"1821-1949","architect_builder":"Freeman, Joseph (1772-1842)","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Late Victorian: Queen Anne Revival; Other: Georgian/Federal Transitional","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The house is unoccupied and in good condition; descendants use it occasionally for hunting season and gatherings, while the outbuildings are gradually deteriorating. The form lists current function as vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.705888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7204/47720437/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/99001333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001333/a2171295ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001333/a2171295ba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Freeman_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Freeman_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Freeman_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461843"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gates-county/freeman-joseph-farm-99001333/"}