Built by Phifer, John Area 95 ha Added to NRHP 28 December 1990 | NRHP Reference # 90001991 Year built 1819 | |
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Location Jct. of Phifer Rd. and SR 1978, near Cleveland, North Carolina Architectural style Vernacular 19th & 20th Centu | ||
John Phifer Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The Jacob Phifer House was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, rectangular, weatherboarded log dwelling. The oldest building is the John Phifer House, built about 1819, and is a small two-story log dwelling. Other contributing resources are the double-pen log barn (c. 1858), tool shed (1930s), garage (1920s / 1930s), granary and corn crib (c. 1858), spring house (c. 1930), blacksmith shop (c. 1925), two chicken houses (1930s, c. 1940), log chicken coop (1930s), wood shed (c. 1930), smokehouse (c. 1858), privy (c. 1930), scalding vat (c. 1935), log tobacco barn (c. 1895), and the farm landscape.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.