Barrett, Dr. John G. and Nannie H., Farm Weaverville, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places Data
Barrett, Dr. John G. and Nannie H., Farm has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000245
- Date Listed
- May 8, 2013
- Name
- Barrett, Dr. John G. & Nannie H., Farm
- Other Names
- Ox-Ford Farm
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 75 Ox Creek Rd.
- City/Town
- Weaverville
- County
- Buncombe
- State
- North Carolina
- Category
- district
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- AGRICULTURE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
On March 10, 1886, James Hemphill and his wife, Selina, conveyed a large tract of mountain land on Ox Creek in northern Buncombe County, North Carolina, to their daughter, Nancy Rebecca Nannie Hemphill, setting the stage for the creation of the Dr. John G. and Nannie H. Barrett Farm. On July 19, 1887, Nannie Hemphill (1866-1931) married country doctor John Gregg Barrett (1857-1929). Around 1890, they moved to the Ox Creek property, establishing an active farm and constructing the extant historic buildings. They remained there for the rest of their lives, rearing six children. Dr. Barrett's medical practice and a grist mill (no longer standing) he built on the property were sources of some income. Still, the farm provided the family's food with a quarter-acre home garden, milk cows, chickens, and twenty-five fruit trees. Sharecroppers cultivated corn for grain on seven acres. Except for these acres and the farmstead around the house, the rest of the acreage on the property was in woodlands, pastures, or idle land.
