{"nrhp_refnum":"00000517","name":"Sheppard, Thomas, Farm","other_names":["Sheppard Mill Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1550, near jct. of NC 1552","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stokes","county":"Pitt County","state":"NC","lat":35.694080576500056,"lon":-77.20952994124823,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 36.858-acre farm near Stokes in Pitt County, North Carolina, centred on a two-story Greek Revival frame farmhouse built about 1850 for Thomas and Clementina Sheppard, with 1930s agricultural outbuildings and a mill site on Sheppard Millpond.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a largely intact complex showing the development of diversified agriculture in Pitt County during the 1930s and 1940s. It also cites the farmhouse's Greek Revival design, including a pedimented portico described as unique in the county and an interior plan not found elsewhere in the county survey.","narrative":"Located on level farmland about four and a half miles east of Stokes, this 36.858-acre farm in Pitt County, North Carolina, bounds Sheppard Millpond. Its centrepiece is a two-story frame house built around 1850 for Thomas and Clementina Sheppard. The house has fluted Doric columns on a one-story pedimented portico, which is described as unique in the county. Inside are Greek Revival mantels, fluted door and window surrounds with bulls-eye cornerblocks, and a floor plan not otherwise recorded in the county survey. A mill site on the property is thought to date to 1775. In the 1930s the Barnhill family added a kitchen wing, a tenant house, a stock barn, a tobacco barn, a hog pen, a chicken house and a brick well house. These outbuildings, together with the fields in their historic locations, illustrate diversified farming in the county during the 1930s and 1940s. After years of vacancy, the house was restored in 1992-1993 and now operates as an inn.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850; 1930-1950","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house was restored in 1992-1993 and is operated as a bed and breakfast inn. The tenant house is vacant, and two ruinous barns are in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.807826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7218/47721803/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00000517.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sheppard_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073322"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pitt-county/sheppard-thomas-farm-00000517/"}