Ben Farthing Farm

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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	NC 1121 (Rominger Rd.) W side, just N of Watauga R., near Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°14′21″N 81°49′26″W / 36.23917°N 81.82389°W / 36.23917; -81.82389
Area	16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built	1935 (1935)
Built by	Farthing, Ben; Hartley, Charles
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Frame gambrel banked barn
NRHP reference No.	92001736^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1993

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

References

1. "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.