{"nrhp_refnum":"70000459","name":"Harper House","other_names":["See Also:Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Near jct. of SR 1008 and 1188","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harper","county":"Johnston County","state":"NC","lat":35.30202548600005,"lon":-78.32318922599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival dwelling near Newton Grove in Johnston County, North Carolina, built probably about 1850 by John Harper, a farmer and blacksmith. It stands within the Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site.","why_significant":"The house served as a hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers during the March 1865 Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina's largest Civil War engagement. It is the only important landmark remaining on the battle site. It is also a good example of vernacular Greek Revival architecture built by prosperous small landholders before the war.","narrative":"Harper House is a two-story frame dwelling in Johnston County, North Carolina, probably built about 1850 by John Harper, a prosperous farmer and blacksmith who held about one thousand acres by the Civil War. It has a hip roof, two interior chimneys, brick piers and a two-story pedimented portico. The entrance has sidelights, a wide transom and a band of octagonal panels. In March 1865, Union troops used the house as a hospital for the XIV Corps, and fighting swept the property at the start of the Battle of Bentonville. Confederate forces later used it as a hospital too, with dozens of wounded in care. The Harper family remained in the house throughout. The state bought the house site in 1957 and restored it to its antebellum look as part of Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site. It is the only important landmark left on the battlefield, and it shows how Greek Revival style was used by small landholders in North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John Harper (probable builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (vernacular)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored to its antebellum appearance, owned by the state and part of a state historic site; condition marked good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.531801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7209/47720992/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000459.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000459/32529afa78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000459/32529afa78-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bentonvilleshs","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HarperHouse2020.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bentonvilleshs</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:HarperHouse2020.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720992","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_House_(Harper,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462194"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/johnston-county/harper-house-70000459/"}