{"nrhp_refnum":"03000339","name":"Daniels, John T., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"960 Burnside Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manteo","county":"Dare County","state":"NC","lat":35.906999410000026,"lon":-75.68293619699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story weatherboarded I-house at 960 Burnside Road, about a mile west of downtown Manteo on Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, built between 1897 and 1900 for John T. Daniels. It sits on an eight-acre lot with a former kitchen shed, a grape arbor and a modern storage shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a simple Queen Anne-influenced I-house with a two-story rear ell, typical of homes built by Roanoke Island fishermen and U.S. Life-Saving Service surfmen. Its shade oaks and period plantings preserve the character of an early twentieth-century island farmstead. Daniels is also noted for photographing the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903.","narrative":"Built between 1897 and 1900 on Burnside Road, west of downtown Manteo, this two-story weatherboarded house is a well-preserved example of the I-house form common on Roanoke Island. It has a center-hall plan one room deep, a two-story rear ell, shaped rafter ends, two-over-two windows and beaded board interiors. Large live oaks, a grape arbor, yaupons and camellias surround it on an eight-acre lot. Its first owner, John T. Daniels, worked as a ferry tender, boat mechanic and U.S. Life-Saving Service surfman. He helped the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hills and took the well-known photograph of their first flight on December 17, 1903. The house was listed for architecture, as an increasingly rare intact homeplace in an area where many period houses and farmsteads have been altered, divided or lost. A restoration in 1999-2000 removed aluminum siding and reinstated a cedar shake roof. A former kitchen shed survives beside it.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Other: Traditional I-House","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored 1999-2000, when aluminum siding was removed and a cedar shake roof installed; still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.448783-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7198/47719883/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000339.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000339/dc5100b202-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000339/dc5100b202-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jasonspsyche","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_T_Daniels_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasonspsyche</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_T_Daniels_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719883","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Daniels_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206296"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/dare-county/daniels-john-t-house-03000339/"}