{"nrhp_refnum":"07000073","name":"Brown, Wiley and Jane Vann, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1108, 0.5 mi. N. of NC 561","address_restricted":false,"city":"Union","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.32095211850006,"lon":-77.02889631979814,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, single-pile, three-bay timber frame farmhouse built about 1850 on the west side of SR 1108, roughly three miles northwest of Ahoskie in Hertford County, North Carolina, with a ca. 1850 cider barn and two later farm sheds on twenty acres.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of a vernacular Greek Revival farmhouse, with its original finishes intact, including four mantels, reeded surrounds, rosette corner blocks and an enclosed stair. Its original pedimented portico roof is described as an extremely rare survivor and possibly the only one left in rural Hertford County. The ca. 1850 cider barn is noted as a rare antebellum survivor.","narrative":"Built around 1850 on farmland northwest of Ahoskie, this two-story farmhouse in Hertford County, North Carolina, shows how Greek Revival style was adapted to a modest rural dwelling. The timber frame house has a central passage plan, corner pilasters, reeded window and door surrounds with rosette corner blocks, and a gable-front porch with a pediment. Inside, the original wood floors, four mantels, four-panel doors and an enclosed stair survive, an unusual arrangement for the period. Its original pedimented porch roof is described as extremely rare and possibly the only one left in rural Hertford County. The house was built for Wiley Brown and Jane Vann Brown, and it remained in the Brown family through several generations of farmers and merchants. A porch restoration and a rear addition were completed in 2004-2005. A ca. 1850 cider barn on the property is another rare antebellum survivor, while two sheds from the mid-twentieth century are later additions.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings; the porch was restored in 2004-2005 and a rear addition was built in 2005.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.697012-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7208/47720845/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000073.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720845","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_and_Jane_Vann_Brown_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/brown-wiley-and-jane-vann-house-07000073/"}