{{Short description|Historic farmstead in Georgia, US}} {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with English long jumper, Nathan Morgan}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Morgan Farm | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | nearest_city = Smithville, Georgia, U.S. | locmapin = USA Georgia | built = {{Start date|1886}} | architecture = Central hall | added = February 26, 1998 | area = {{convert|117.4|acre}} | refnum = 98000145<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> | coordinates = {{Coord|31.994722|-84.282222|display=inline,title}} | location = 770 Old Dawson Road }}
'''Morgan Farm''', also known as '''Nathan Morgan Home Place''', is a historic rural farmstead near Smithville in Sumter County, Georgia, U.S.. It was founded by Nathan Morgan, an African-American farmer, and represents the rare ascendence from slavery to property ownership. It has been named a Centennial Farm by the state of Georgia in 1995;<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ5LAQAAMAAJ |title=Georgia Forestry |date=1995 |publisher=Georgia Forestry Commission |pages=1995–8 |language=en}}</ref> and it was listed by the National Register of Historic Places, since February 26, 1998, for its contribution to African American heritage and agriculture.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web |author=Edwards |first=Mark R. |date=1998 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morgan Farm |url={{NRHP url|id=98000145}} |accessdate=May 20, 2025 |publisher=National Park Service}} With {{NRHP url|id=98000145|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref>
== History == The Morgan Farm was founded in 1886 by African-American Nathan Morgan (1849–1917), with the main farmhouse built a few years later in {{Circa|1890}}.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> Formerly enslaved, Morgan purchased {{Convert|202|acre}} in 1886, where he farmed and raised his own family of nine children.<ref name="nrhpdoc" />
The property consists of historic farmhouse, with a central hall and a room on each side; six historic outbuildings; cultivated land; pastures; a well; a non-historic ranch house; a shed; and a carport.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan Farm |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/0cfd11be-e260-483b-80eb-6decf0fc9014 |website=NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System}}</ref> The late-19th century Southern United States vernacular architecture-style can be seen on the property in the smokehouse, cotton barn, hog pen, mule barn, corn crib, and the hen house.<ref name="nrhpdoc" />
In 1998, the property was still owned by the Morgan family.<ref name="nrhpdoc" />
== See also == * National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Georgia * Koinonia Partners, nearby Christian farming community
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}} Category:African-American history of Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Buildings and structures in Sumter County, Georgia Category:Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Houses completed in 1890 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, Georgia