Listing #oak8001 Asking: $1,799,000

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Cherish the Past and savor the warmth and charm of this 287 acre plantation in the Western North Carolina foothills, family owned for more than 150 years. Ideal for farming, housing development, private estate, business park, or many other uses, limited only by your imagination. 1 mile South of US Hwy 74, with abundant frontage along various surrounding roads, and adjacent to a privately-owned airport. Flat to rolling land with open fields, a plethora of huge hardwoods, road frontage on three sides, good streams, long-range mountain views, thinned hardwoods, some pasture land, and pleasant surroundings.

Included on site is an elegant, well-preserved, 1890's victorian farmhouse, with original hand-made moldings & trim. Four outbuildings are close to the house: an 1850's barn, an old schoolhouse, a smokehouse, and another barn structure—all with rustic hand-hewn logs. More detail on the house itself is below. Within an hour drive of Asheville, Charlotte, Greenville, and Spartanburg. 10 minute drive to shopping, dining, and nearby local mall. Wildlife, streams, mountain views, history—this property has it all!

Owner will divide into 148 acres and 138 acres at $899,000 a piece, or will sell the house, out-buildings, and 7 acres for $249,000

The property was put into forest management plan about 21 years ago and has just had the pine acreage harvested.  The portions outlined in red on the forestry map below was the pine. The hardwoods in those areas remain. The balance is a thinned hardwood forest.

• One mile off U.S. Hwy 74 and one exit from Rutherford 74 Corporate Center
• Main and secondary roads give about 6000 feet of road access.
• Land is flat to rolling with 50% thinned hardwoods.
• Public water available, through the Broad River Water Authority
• Springs and creeks on property
• Private air park adjacent to property.

House

Southern 1895 Victorian Plantation

This beautiful Victorian house was built of pine, timbered on the property, and shaped with a portable steam-driven sawmill. On the six-foot deep wrap around porch we see evidence of the handcrafting that went into the house. The spindles were hand turned on a steam driven lathe. As we sight down the balustrade we see variations in the profiles of the spindles. Looking to the gables we some of the additional details that were built into the house (See the pictures). The house has been lived in and maintained by the family from its completion until 2007. Originally heated with multiple fireplaces, it now uses baseboard hot water radiators. A bathroom has been added and kitchen updated. Re-roofed with high quality shingles within the past five years. Interior walls are painted beaded board. Ceilings measure nine feet nine inches. Eight foot wide, twenty-one foot long entry hall. Four bedrooms; two with built-in closets. Seventy-five feet of wrap around covered porch and a 14 x 9 enclosed porch. Two utility rooms. Five out-buildings, including a log and plank barn from the 1850s.

Large white pines line the drive leading to several aged oaks, one of which may be as old as the 1850's log barn which sits behind the house. Azaleas, some planted in the 1950's, surround the house and do well in the shaded front yard.

Midway between Asheville and Charlotte (about 1 hour travel), midway between Forest City and Boiling Springs( about 15 minutes travel).