Boger-Hartsell Farm
Why it's listed
Built in 1882 for the Hartsell family on the south side of the Rocky River in southeastern Cabarrus County, the farmstead is centred on a one-story, weatherboarded L-plan farmhouse with Greek Revival and Italianate detailing. Its center-hall interior retains four original Greek Revival mantels and molded doors. The outbuildings include a log barn dating from about 1872, with half-dovetail corners and fieldstone foundation, and a double-crib log corncrib from about 1885. A granary, smokehouse, hen house, wash house and well house surround the house. The property is regarded as a rare survival of a piedmont farm complex kept by one family for more than a century. Its agricultural history reflects cotton, corn and wheat production, tied to the growth of the Cabarrus textile industry after the Civil War. Land was worked until 1960.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is a rare surviving piedmont North Carolina farm complex held by the same family for over a century and a half. It states the farmhouse blends Greek Revival and Italianate detailing in a traditional house type, and that the collection of outbuildings, especially the log barn, is unusually intact for the county. The farm is presented as representative of agricultural and domestic life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 98000890, listed July 23, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Jct. of US-801 and NC1148, Concord |
|---|---|
| County | Cabarrus County |
| Listed | July 23, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000890 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | Ca. 1872-1948 |
| Architect / builder | Propst, A.H. (contractor); Hartsell, McDonald and White, Jack (builders/carpenter) |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Agriculture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The land has not been farmed since 1960; the house is occupied and the farm is described as in excellent condition. |
| Acreage | 8.5 |
| Coordinates | 35.31474, -80.51642 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000890.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q17986002
- This listing as JSON
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