{"nrhp_refnum":"14000993","name":"Barker House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1785 Barker Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.378258500000044,"lon":-78.5023322159763,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2014-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house with a finished attic and gable roof, raised on a brick foundation, in Edenton, Vance County area as described in the nomination (the document places it in Edenton; the building was moved from Broad Street about three blocks north of its original location). It now serves as the visitor center for Edenton.","why_significant":"The house is associated with Thomas Barker, a lawyer, planter and colonial agent, and with Penelope Barker, who is traditionally linked to the 1774 Edenton Tea Party. Its construction-period and later Georgian and Greek Revival woodwork, and the stages of enlargement, illustrate changing architectural styles over more than a century.","narrative":"Built around 1782 as a story-and-a-half dwelling in Edenton, this frame house with beaded weatherboards and a brick foundation was later raised to two stories and enlarged in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Its front porch, pedimented rear entrance and paired exterior chimneys reflect those changes. Thomas Barker, a lawyer, planter and colonial agent to England, acquired the lots in 1756, and his wife Penelope is traditionally associated with the 1774 Edenton Tea Party. The interior keeps Georgian woodwork from the original construction, an Adamesque mantel from the second period, and Greek Revival woodwork added with the enlargement. The house was moved about three blocks from its original Broad Street location and reoriented to face the water. It is now the visitor center for Edenton, with exhibits installed in the two south rooms.","period_of_significance":"1782-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian; Adamesque; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Moved from its original site and now used as a visitor center","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.68295-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7196/47719623/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000931.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_House_(Vance_County,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986523"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/barker-house-14000993/"}