{"nrhp_refnum":"09000662","name":"Yelverton, Dred and Ellen, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1979 NC 222 E.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fremont","county":"Wayne County","state":"NC","lat":35.53290114200007,"lon":-77.91286978499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-08-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival farmhouse on NC Highway 222 East, about four miles east of Fremont in Wayne County, North Carolina, completed around 1913 for farmer Dred Yelverton and his wife Ellen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the most distinctive early twentieth-century houses in Wayne County and the largest and most stylish outside Goldsboro. It is also an exceptionally intact example of a design by mail-order architect George F. Barber of Barber & Kluttz. Its wraparound veranda, slate roof, and richly finished interiors have no rural peer in the county.","narrative":"Four miles east of Fremont, this two-story weatherboarded farmhouse sits in a grove of pine and hardwood trees on an 8.4-acre tract surrounded by fields. Built around 1913 for wealthy farmer Dred Yelverton and his wife Ellen, it blends Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Its features include a steep slate roof, pedimented dormers, bay windows, and a wraparound veranda that rises two stories across the front. Plans came from the Knoxville firm of Barber & Kluttz, a pioneer of mail-order house design, and a Fremont contractor named Claude Dickerson began construction. The interior is largely unaltered, with parquet floors, a columned staircase, and a different mantel in every room. A brick carbide house from about 1913 also contributes to the property. The house was listed for its architecture. It is described as the largest and most stylish house in Wayne County outside Goldsboro and as an unusually intact example of George F. Barber's work.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1913","architect_builder":"Barber & Kluttz, architects; Claude Dickerson, contractor","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Queen Anne (transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; described as remarkably intact and lovingly maintained, with minor additions such as a 1950s den and enclosed rear porches.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.003957-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7228/47722806/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000662.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722806","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_and_Ellen_Yelverton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5306836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wayne-county/yelverton-dred-and-ellen-house-09000662/"}