Ben Farthing Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located near Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. The complex includes a modest 1 1/2-story frame bungalow (1923), a large frame bank barn of traditional gambrel-roof form (1935), a root cellar built into a mountainside (1938), a frame outhouse (1938), and a frame scale house (1941). The buildings are set in a vernacular landscaping of native rock (1939).[2]

Ben Farthing Farm
Ben Farthing Farm is located in North Carolina
Ben Farthing Farm
Ben Farthing Farm is located in the United States
Ben Farthing Farm
LocationNC 1121 (Rominger Rd.) W side, just N of Watauga R., near Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates36°14′21″N 81°49′26″W / 36.23917°N 81.82389°W / 36.23917; -81.82389
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built1935 (1935)
Built byFarthing, Ben; Hartley, Charles
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Frame gambrel banked barn
NRHP reference No.92001736[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1993

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Langdon F. Oppermann (August 1992). "Ben Farthing Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.