>To: [email protected] >Subject: {not a subscriber} Frederick Hoke's Rock Barn > >I also recently visited Catawba County and visited with my aunt, >Catherine Hoke Hedrick, who is a direct descendant of Frederick Hoke. I >was able to take pictures of the rock barn and the other structures on >the land. In case you didn't go into the barn, there is a full wall of >the original stone inside, together a ladder going up to what was, >perhaps, a hay loft. The timbers inside appear to be original. >Fortunately, I took pictures which are quite good. > >Among the genealogical/family history information I copied or purchased >is a book entitled CATAWBA COUNTY: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. On page >157 is found: > >"Chapter 6 >CLINE'S TOWNSHIP > >National Register Property >Rock Barn Farm > >The Rock Barn Farm is a nineteenth-century farmstead in north Catawba >County consisting of an unusual two-story frame house probably built by >Daniel Roseman shortly after the Civil War, a unique two-story >stone-bank barn built by Frederick Hoke during the second quarter of the >nineteenth-century, and a small collection of other outbuildings more >typical of Piedmont farms. The main, two-story portion of the house is >nearly square, with unpainted weatherboard siding, a dry-laid stone >foundation, hipped roof with overhanging boxed eaves and wood shingles >still visible beneath the current asphalt shingles, and two interior end >chimneys with corbelled caps on the west side of the house." > >There are four more paragraphs in this article which deal with the >construction features and layout of the structures, as well as a very >short history of Frederick. If you are interested in them, I'll send >them along. There is no mention of individuals other than Daniel >Roseman and Frederick Hoke in this article. > >This book can be purchased from the Catawba County Historical Society. > >Hope this helps a bit. > >Diane Streuling >[email protected]