Loftin Farm
Why it's listed
Loftin Farm occupies fifteen acres of a larger tract in northwestern Duplin County, North Carolina, on fertile soil suited to tobacco, cotton, corn and soybeans. The nominated area holds three contributing buildings: a one-story, square, hipped-roof Greek Revival cottage built in 1852 for Joel Loftin, a hand-hewn plank smokehouse of the same year with full-dovetail corners, and a three-story gambrel-roof livestock barn from 1937. The house keeps its center-hall plan, six-over-six windows, a full-width porch with Doric-inspired capitals and simple post-and-lintel mantels. Later changes, including a 1950s kitchen remodeling, were confined to the rear shed. The smokehouse planks carry Roman numerals from assembly. The farm was listed for architecture because the house is one of three intact examples of its form in the county, the smokehouse is one of two surviving antebellum plank smokehouses, and the barn reflects state agricultural stock-plan influence. A pecan grove planted in the 1880s lines the driveway.
Significance in brief: The farm is considered locally significant for architecture. The house is one of three intact examples in Duplin County of the one-story, hipped-roof Greek Revival cottage. The smokehouse is one of two surviving antebellum full-dovetail plank smokehouses in the county. The barn is an intact local example of a gambrel-roof type popularized by early twentieth-century state agricultural stock plans.
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 01001426, listed December 31, 2001. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | NC 1368, 0.65 mi. S of jct. with NC 1367, Beautancus |
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| County | Duplin County |
| Listed | December 31, 2001 |
| Reference number | 01001426 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1852, 1937 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Mid-nineteenth Century/Greek Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house and farm remain in residential and agricultural use; the smokehouse and livestock barn are used for storage. The surrounding fields are leased to a tenant farmer. |
| Acreage | 15 |
| Coordinates | 35.15454, -78.02402 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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 01001426.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18388995
- This listing as JSON
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