{"nrhp_refnum":"05000379","name":"Moore, Walter R. and Eliza Smith, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3919 Raleigh Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clayton","county":"Johnston County","state":"NC","lat":35.55223456500005,"lon":-78.52835199399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, four-bay, single-pile frame house with a brick foundation on an 8.18-acre parcel on the east side of Raleigh Road in Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina, with several outbuildings. The house is dated ca. 1835.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house has outstanding exterior woodwork, including an elaborate modillioned cornice, a two-story portico with turned posts, and a pilastered pedimented surround over the entrances, in a vernacular hall-parlor plan. It states that the exterior trim and porch survive in rare condition among antebellum dwellings in the coastal plain of North Carolina, and that no comparable buildings from the period survive in Johnston County.","narrative":"Built around 1835 as a two-story, four-bay frame house on a brick foundation, the Walter R. and Eliza Moore House sits on a hill above Raleigh Road in Johnston County. Its exterior woodwork is the reason for its listing. A modillioned cornice with punch-and-gouge work above guilloche runs around the building, and a two-story portico has heavy turned posts instead of classical columns. The two front doors share a pedimented surround with a large keystone. The nomination describes these details as Federal in character, with some features more typical of the Georgian period. It compares the woodwork to that of the Roberts-Vaughn House in Hertford County and suggests a single craftsman may have worked on both. The interior retains its original floors, mantels, doors, and surrounds, although the first-floor plan was changed in the 1990s. Several outbuildings from different periods stand nearby.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1835","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house was renovated and restored in the early 1990s and has replacement windows; the kitchen wing was renovated in the early 1990s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.741166-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7209/47720970/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000379.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720970","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_R._and_Eliza_Smith_Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987168"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/johnston-county/moore-walter-r-and-eliza-smith-house-05000379/"}