{"nrhp_refnum":"70000452","name":"Bennett Place State Historic Site","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Jct. of SR 1313 and 1314","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":36.02930246950007,"lon":-78.9752932159351,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small farm complex of about 30.5 acres of open fields and woods near Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, with a reconstructed log farmhouse, kitchen and smokehouse. It is the farmstead of James Bennett, owned by the state of North Carolina and dedicated as a state historic site in 1923.","why_significant":"The farmhouse was the setting for the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston to General William T. Sherman in April 1865, which effectively ended the Civil War in the southeast. The surrender covered more than 89,000 Confederate troops, a larger force than the one surrendered at Appomattox. The nomination also notes the farm is typical of mid-nineteenth-century Piedmont farmsteads.","narrative":"Bennett Place is a small farm complex of about 30.5 acres near Durham, North Carolina, consisting of a reconstructed one-story log farmhouse, a log kitchen and a smokehouse. James Bennett, a cobbler, distiller, blacksmith and farmer, bought the land in 1846. In April 1865, after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Generals Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman met to negotiate terms. Johnston suggested the farmhouse he had passed on the road, so the Bennett home was chosen by chance. Talks lasted until April 18, and a final settlement was signed April 26, covering more than 89,000 Confederate troops. The house burned in 1921. The family of Samuel T. Morgan bought the site and gave it to the state, which dedicated it in 1923. A 1958 gift funded reconstruction, using materials from the nearby 1804 Billy Proctor house and the original stone chimney. The site is listed for its role in ending the war in the southeast.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1865 surrender","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and altered, on its original site. The original house burned in 1921 and was reconstructed using period materials and the original chimney. The site is state-owned and open as a park and museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.253113-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7200/47720072/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000452/06dc0d8363-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000452/06dc0d8363-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ildar Sagdejev (Specious)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-08-16_Bennett_Place_historic_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ildar Sagdejev (Specious)</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:2008-08-16_Bennett_Place_historic_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720072","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/bennett-place-state-historic-site-70000452/"}