{"nrhp_refnum":"08001390","name":"Hubbard, Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 18 on the N., one mile E. of NC 1106","address_restricted":false,"city":"Moravian Falls","county":"Wilkes County","state":"NC","lat":36.09130341400004,"lon":-81.20708171199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A side-gabled, single-pen log house with frame additions on the east side, located about a mile and a half west of Moravian Falls in Wilkes County, North Carolina, along the abandoned Old Burke Road. A two-story banked log barn dating to 1846 stands to the northeast.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant for its craftsmanship and quality materials, and as an excellent early hall-and-parlor, V-notched log house with two early frame additions. The nomination also argues the 1846 barn is an unusual hybrid of traditional barn forms not seen elsewhere in Wilkes County, with a cantilevered roof and multi-pen plan.","narrative":"Built in 1778 by John Dyer on land along the Burke Road in Wilkes County, North Carolina, this side-gabled log house has a single-pen, hall-and-parlor plan with V-notched logs, a full-length front porch, and a fieldstone chimney. John Dyer sold the property in 1784 to his son-in-law Benjamin Hubbard, who farmed it until his death in 1823 and amassed more than 1,300 acres. Frame additions were built on the east gable end in the 1790s, which provided extra bedrooms, and ca. 1870, which provided a kitchen. The house is regarded as an unusually well-finished example of late eighteenth-century log construction in the western foothills, with Federal-style mantels, tongue-and-groove flooring, and an enclosed winder stair. The two-story banked log barn, built in 1846 from logs given as a wedding gift, is regarded as an uncommon combination of barn forms in the county.","period_of_significance":"1778-ca. 1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal style mantels within a hall and parlor log house; V-notched log construction","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house and barn are described as being in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.419986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7228/47722841/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08001390.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722841","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hubbard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708809"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilkes-county/hubbard-benjamin-house-08001390/"}