{"nrhp_refnum":"12000213","name":"Lee, William H., House","other_names":["Billy Lee Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"246 Farm Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lewiston","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":36.142405643000075,"lon":-77.14141202599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay, hall-and-parlor I-house of about 1820 on Farm Road near Lewiston in northwest Bertie County, North Carolina, built for the Lee family on a rural farm site between the Cashie River and Wahtom Swamp.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant at the local level for architecture as an excellent, highly intact vernacular interpretation of the Federal style in Bertie County. Its beaded weatherboards, molded trim and reeded mantels are described as unmatched locally. Its mid-sized planter's house form contrasts with larger contemporary houses in the county.","narrative":"Set at the end of Farm Road in northwest Bertie County, this two-story I-house was built around 1820, most likely for planter Henry Lee Jr., who by then owned at least 800 acres between the Cashie River and Wahtom Swamp. Its wood frame rests on brick piers, with brick end chimneys, a standing-seam metal roof and beaded weatherboard siding. The original hall-and-parlor plan remains readable despite a later partition added about 1900. Inside, reeded chair rails and two distinctive Federal-style mantels with dentil moldings and reeded ovals and diamonds are singled out as having no known equivalent in the county. The house was listed for architecture because it is an unusually intact, modest-sized vernacular expression of the Federal style, with original moldings, doors and hinges surviving. The surrounding rural, agricultural setting is also preserved, and the property is currently not in use.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use, though described as in sound, dry and secure condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.734084-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7190/47719036/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/12000213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000213/0bb7b711bf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000213/0bb7b711bf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"WordInnovations","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Lee_House,_Farm_Rd.,_Bertie_County,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WordInnovations</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Lee_House,_Farm_Rd.,_Bertie_County,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719036","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Lee_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153491"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/lee-william-h-house-12000213/"}