Lewis Highsmith Farm, also known as Sweet Liberty, is a historic home and farm complex located near Harrells,

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. The house was built about 1840, and is a large two-story, double pile,

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style frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a full-width, two-tier front porch. The interior follows a hall-and-parlor plan. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, the former kitchen, the gable roofed barn, and a nearby cluster of four

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barns. It was added to the

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in 1986.

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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1840 Buildings and structures in Sampson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina {{SampsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub