{"nrhp_refnum":"03000301","name":"Peace, John Mask, House","other_names":["Bambro Plantation"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1613, approx. 0.5 mi. SE of jct. with NC 1615 at Peace's Chapel","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairport","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.22091549600003,"lon":-78.51106110999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circa-1840 two-story, three-bay, double-pile frame Greek Revival house on the former Bambro plantation lands near Fairport, southeast Granville County, North Carolina, with five noncontributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the few intact examples of a two-story, double-pile, frame, Greek Revival house with interior chimneys in Granville County. It retains characteristic Greek Revival elements such as a low hipped roof, center-hall plan, massive porch columns and cornerblock window and door surrounds. It also has strong integrity of setting, workmanship and materials compared with other surviving local examples.","narrative":"Built around 1840 near Fairport in southeast Granville County, this two-story frame house is a well-preserved example of Greek Revival domestic architecture. According to family tradition, John Mask Peace built it on land from Bambro, the Peace family plantation. The house has a low hipped roof, a center-hall plan with eight rooms, and a one-story front porch carried on four fluted columns. Fluted window and door trim with square corner blocks, wide pine floors, plaster walls and a distinctive sawnwork-detailed stair survive inside. Its double-pile form and interior chimneys are uncommon among surviving Granville County houses, and it keeps more of its original setting, workmanship and materials than most comparable examples. Later changes include a concrete-block foundation infill in the 1960s, asphalt roofing in the 1970s, and a new rear sun-porch. Five outbuildings from about 1940, including a smokehouse, chicken coop, two tobacco barns and a livestock barn, stand nearby. The house was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"Circa 1840","architect_builder":"Unknown (family tradition credits John Mask Peace as builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owners are renovating the house for use as a bed and breakfast inn; it remains a single dwelling, with a later rear addition removed and a sun-porch and bathroom built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.336829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7204/47720455/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000301.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mask_Peace_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711633"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/peace-john-mask-house-03000301/"}