Hauser Farm
Also known as: Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
Why it's listed
Hauser Farm is a farmstead in Surry County, North Carolina, set in a valley above the Yadkin River. John Hauser bought the land in 1830, and his son Thomas later built the two-story log house, finished around 1880, which was remodeled about 1900 with turned porch posts and a paint scheme of twenty-four colors. The farm grew to 450 acres under Thomas Hauser, who died in 1911, and produced corn, wheat, tobacco, oats, potatoes, fruit, livestock and sorghum molasses. The complex includes a double-crib log barn dated by dendrochronology to about 1846, a smokehouse, a tobacco barn and a corn crib. The property was listed for its agricultural history and for its surviving log buildings, which represent the vernacular log tradition of the region in the nineteenth century. Its rural farm complex is also noted as rare in the county. The site opened as a living history farm in 1987.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is significant under Criterion A for agriculture, as a small farmstead that grew over four generations of the Hauser family into one of the largest and most prosperous farms in southeastern Surry County. It is also argued to be significant under Criterion C as an example of the vernacular log building tradition in Surry, Yadkin and Forsyth Counties, with an assemblage of log outbuildings and a transition to frame construction in some outbuildings.
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 02000113, listed March 1, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 308 Horne Creek Farm Rd., Pinnacle |
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| County | Surry County |
| Listed | March 1, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02000113 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1846-1953 |
| Architectural style | Vernacular log house |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Phase I of the building restoration was completed in 2000 and Phase II was underway; the farm is administered by the Historic Sites Section of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. |
| Acreage | 20 |
| Coordinates | 36.26653, -80.48568 (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 02000113.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5904221
- This listing as JSON
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