{"nrhp_refnum":"06001106","name":"Franklin-Penland House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8646 NC 183","address_restricted":false,"city":"Linville Falls","county":"Burke County","state":"NC","lat":35.95321144900004,"lon":-81.93658198299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame I-house at 8646 Highway 183 in Linville Falls, Burke County, North Carolina, built ca. 1883 for Theodore C. Franklin with local builder William MacLamore, together with a 1907 former post office building on the same 2.8-acre lot.","why_significant":"The property is significant under Criterion A for Entertainment/Recreation because the house served as a mountain inn and helped shape early tourism around Linville Falls. It is also significant under Criterion C as a stylish, intact I-house and early inn, the most intact surviving nineteenth-century Franklin family house in the community. The 1907 post office on the property served as a communication and social center for the area.","narrative":"Built around 1883 for Theodore C. Franklin, this two-story frame I-house stands on the east side of NC Highway 183 in Linville Falls, Burke County. Local carpenter William MacLamore assisted with construction, and the Franklin family sawmill supplied the lumber. The house has a center-hall plan, brick end chimneys, scalloped bargeboards, and a two-story rear ell that held guest rooms. Stokes and Laura Penland bought the property in 1901 and ran it as the Penland House inn, which drew visitors from southern and northeastern cities. In 1907 Stokes Penland built a one-room post office thirty feet north of the house; it served the community until 1925 and was then used as an inn guest house. The property is recognized for its role in early tourism around Linville Falls and for its intact architecture. Its period of significance runs from about 1883 to 1941, ending with the death of Laura Penland, as automobile travel and the Blue Ridge Parkway changed how visitors came to the mountains.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1883 - 1941","architect_builder":"MacLamore, William - builder","architectural_style":"I-House","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is single-family dwelling with secondary structures; the chicken coop and dog house are described as badly deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.84715-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7192/47719299/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06001106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001106/a5b9a788c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001106/a5b9a788c2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Penland_House_from_north.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Penland_House_from_north.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin-Penland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18150441"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/burke-county/franklin-penland-house-06001106/"}