{"nrhp_refnum":"01001315","name":"Herring, Bryan Whitfield, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1311, 1 mi. E of jct. with NC 1302","address_restricted":false,"city":"Calypso","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":35.16631563450005,"lon":-78.12660861496721,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Greek Revival frame plantation house built circa 1850 on a farm near Calypso in northwestern Duplin County, North Carolina. The nominated area is 28 acres of the remaining 169-acre farm.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under Criterion C for its high quality of design and craftsmanship in antebellum Duplin County. It is one of a group of Greek Revival houses built for interrelated planter families near Faison after the railroad arrived. The surrounding fields, woods and water features still convey the agrarian setting.","narrative":"Built around 1850 near Calypso in northwestern Duplin County, this two-and-a-half-story Greek Revival farmhouse was home to planter and state senator Bryan Whitfield Herring and his family. It has a five-bay front, a double-height entrance porch (the upper tier added in 1854), and four large exterior chimneys. Inside, a central hall holds mirror-image staircases and a partition wall that divides the upper floor, possibly to keep the sons' and daughters' quarters apart. The house belongs to a cluster of high-style antebellum homes built within about five miles of Faison for related, wealthy planters, after the railroad reached the area in 1838. A tornado in 1984 and hurricanes in 1996 damaged chimneys and outbuildings, but the house remains largely intact. Twenty-eight acres of fields, woods, a pond, springs and farm lanes are included as its setting. The land has passed through the family by inheritance and is still farmed, producing crops such as cotton, tobacco and sweet potatoes.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling and agricultural field; the house remains virtually intact despite a 1984 tornado and two hurricanes in 1996, and a new wood shingle roof was recently installed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.165825-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7200/47720005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01001315.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Whitfield_Herring_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4980468"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/herring-bryan-whitfield-farm-01001315/"}