{"nrhp_refnum":"01001076","name":"Wildwood","other_names":["Long Monroe, House","Long, Taylor, Homeplace"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5680 Stephenton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Semora","county":"Caswell County","state":"NC","lat":36.455800372000056,"lon":-79.19609070199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wildwood is a two-story, T-shaped frame I-house at 5680 Stephentown Road near Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina, built in 1893 for Monroe Long on a 4.12-acre lot within a 110-acre working farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local architectural significance under Criterion C. The house keeps the traditional two-story I-house massing while adding Queen Anne features such as sawn wood ornament, a bay window, elaborate mantels and colored glass. It shows the most overt Queen Anne features among the few houses of this transitional type in rural Caswell County. It also reflects the post-Civil War move from large plantation homes to smaller farm houses.","narrative":"Wildwood is a two-story, T-shaped frame house on a wooded knoll four miles south of Semora in Caswell County, North Carolina. Monroe Long, a member of a prosperous tobacco plantation family, built it in 1893 after an earlier version burned just before completion. It was rebuilt on the original foundation to drawings by architect J. K. McIver and by contractor McCain & Buntin. The house keeps the rectangular two-story form of an I-house but adds Queen Anne touches: sawn wood brackets, a projecting bay window, mirrored mantels and colored glass transoms. Few rural Caswell County houses combine these traditions, and Wildwood shows the most overt Queen Anne detail among them. It also reflects the shift from grand plantation homes to smaller farmhouses after the Civil War. A restoration in 1997-1999 removed later additions and revived the original porches. Surviving log tobacco barns and a smokehouse, with reconstructed outbuildings, preserve the setting of a working farm of the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1893","architect_builder":"Architect: J. K. McIver; Builder: McCain & Buntin","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Mid 19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored to its historic appearance in 1997-1999, described as in extraordinarily good condition with excellent historic integrity; some outbuildings are reconstructions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.910622-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7194/47719460/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01001076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001076/70108cc2ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001076/70108cc2ab-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildwood_on_Stephentown_Road.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildwood_on_Stephentown_Road.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildwood_(Semora,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/caswell-county/wildwood-01001076/"}