{"nrhp_refnum":"04000966","name":"Piland, J.E., House","other_names":["Siamond Grove"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"148 Mt. Carmel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Margarettsville","county":"Northampton County","state":"NC","lat":36.51599636000003,"lon":-77.33479398599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse with transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival styling, built in 1910 about one mile south of Margarettsville in rural Northampton County, North Carolina, on a roughly two-acre parcel with outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a nationally popular transitional style that was rarely seen in rural Northampton County. Its form, wraparound porch, and interior finishes are presented as embodying the period's distinctive characteristics. It is also associated with J. E. Piland, a farmer and merchant, and with the site of the former Diamond Grove plantation.","narrative":"Built in 1910 by James Eldridge Piland on a farm near Margarettsville, this two-story frame house combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features. Its L-shaped plan, high hipped metal-shingle roof, and wraparound porch on brick piers reflect the Queen Anne influence, while the simple classical trim, tapered porch supports, and Colonial Revival mantels show the newer style. Piland, a farmer and merchant, used knot-free pine cut from his land, and the house has nine rooms with original fixtures, stained woodwork, and a claw-foot bathtub. The house sits on the site of the Diamond Grove plantation. It is valued as one of the most intact early-twentieth-century farmhouses in the county, and as a rare local example of a fashionable house built in a rural setting during that period. Its survival with original elements gives a clear picture of how a prosperous rural family lived in the early 1900s.","period_of_significance":"1910","architect_builder":"Piland, James Eldridge, builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored by the Piland family beginning around 2000, with the interior furnished to its 1940 appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.278658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7215/47721572/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000966.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000966/a9ebc516eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000966/a9ebc516eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Frank Womble","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JE_Piland_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Womble</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JE_Piland_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.E._Piland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987561"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/northampton-county/piland-j-e-house-04000966/"}