{"nrhp_refnum":"03000801","name":"Brewer, Sheriff Stephen Wiley, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"365 Thompson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsboro","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.72336228450007,"lon":-79.17040995789498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story gable-and-wing frame farmhouse with outbuildings on a 25-acre homestead at 365 Thompson Street on the northeast edge of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1887 for Sheriff Stephen Wiley Brewer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the earliest and best-preserved houses built by Bennet Nooe, Jr., Pittsboro's most noted builder, and that it is the only Nooe building in Pittsboro containing Italianate elements. Its interior and exterior fabric are described as remarkably unaltered, and the farmstead is regarded as a well-preserved example of Nooe's work outside the town's historic district.","narrative":"Built in 1887 on the northeast edge of Pittsboro, this two-story gable-and-wing frame farmhouse sits on a twenty-five acre homestead facing Thompson Street. Lumberman and contractor Bennet Nooe, Jr. built it for Stephen Wiley Brewer, who had served as Chatham County sheriff from 1880 to 1890 and was present at the county's last hanging in 1890. The house combines Queen Anne massing with Italianate details, including a deep two-tier frieze, wide boxed eaves with returns, chamfered porch posts, and a paneled bay window. Its interior retains heart-pine floors, original four-panel doors, and an open-string stair with a turned newel. The farmstead includes a meathouse and granary both dated 1887, a well from the 1890s, and a spring. The house is regarded as one of Nooe's earliest known Pittsboro buildings and is significant for its intact construction and its representation of his work in the town.","period_of_significance":"1887","architect_builder":"Nooe, Bennett (contractor); Hackney, Thomas (carpenter)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Being rehabilitated as a family residence, per the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.067133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7174/47717489/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000801.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000801/c6dd4ee887-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000801/c6dd4ee887-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheriff_Stephen_Wiley_Brewer_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheriff_Stephen_Wiley_Brewer_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717489","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Stephen_Wiley_Brewer_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/brewer-sheriff-stephen-wiley-farmstead-03000801/"}