{"nrhp_refnum":"71000568","name":"Woodbourne","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Roxobel on SR 1139","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roxobel","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":36.18764737300006,"lon":-77.26469002399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodbourne is a frame early nineteenth century house near Roxobel in Bertie County, North Carolina, with a main block built about 1810 and one-story wings added in 1819, built by Thomas Figuers Norfleet.","why_significant":"The house combines two popular North Carolina house types of the early nineteenth century, the temple-form dwelling and the three-part \"Morris-plan\" scheme. The central pavilion is in effect a temple-form house flanked by lower wings. The nomination calls it an inventive vernacular adaptation and an interesting sidelight to the Classic Revival movement in the South.","narrative":"Woodbourne is a frame house near Roxobel in Bertie County, North Carolina, built about 1810 by Thomas Figuers Norfleet, reportedly for his bride, Margaret. One-story wings were added in 1819, and two chimneys carry incised initials and that year. The two-story central pavilion has a pediment, modillion cornice and fanlight, and sits on a vented English bond foundation. Inside, the floor plan is irregular, with an enclosed stair and a parlor distinguished by an Adamesque mantel with reeding and cable molding. Each mantel in the house has its own decoration. A dairy building with a sawn wooden grill under its eaves also stands on the property. The house matters because it merges two popular early nineteenth century North Carolina forms: the temple-form dwelling and the three-part Morris-plan house. Local builders familiar with classical ideas adapted both models into a new form, making it a distinctive vernacular example of Classic Revival taste. It has remained in the Norfleet family since it was built.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Thomas Figuers Norfleet (builder, said to have built it for his bride, Margaret)","architectural_style":"Classic Revival vernacular; combination of temple-form and three-part (Morris-plan) types","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, altered, on its original site; used as a private residence and occupied by the owner's family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.837496-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/7190/47719057/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000568.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719057","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbourne_(Roxobel,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/woodbourne-71000568/"}