Horne Creek Farm is a historical

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near

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Surry County, North Carolina Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy. Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan St ...

. The farm is a North Carolina State Historic Site that belongs to the

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, and it is operated to depict farm life in the northwest

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area . The historic site includes the late 19th century Hauser Farmhouse, which has been furnished to reflect the 1900-1910 era, along with other supporting structures. The farm raised animal breeds that were common in the early 20th century. The site also includes the Southern Heritage Apple Orchard, which preserves about 800 trees of about 400

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apple varieties. A visitor center includes exhibits, a gift shop and offices. The State Historic Site regularly hosts special events, which focus on farm life and techniques from the early 20th century, and include

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, corn shucking,

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s, heritage crafts, music and pie baking. The farmhouse was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile log building with weatherboard sheathing and a wood-shingled gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing double-crib log barn (), wellhouse/washhouse (), log

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(), log

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(),

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(), a fruit house () and family

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(). A reconstructed fruit and vegetable drying house was placed where the original once stood. It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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* Museums in Surry County, North Carolina Farm museums in North Carolina History museums in North Carolina North Carolina State Historic Sites Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Open-air museums in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina Log houses in the United States Living museums in North Carolina Houses completed in 1880 Buildings and structures in Surry County, North Carolina Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina {{SurryCountyNC-NRHP-stub

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