{"nrhp_refnum":"71000583","name":"Grove, The","other_names":["Blount House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"130 Bridgers St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tarboro","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.902932375000034,"lon":-77.53692545899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Grove, also called the Blount House, is a two-story Federal-style frame house on a raised basement at 130 Bridgers Street in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, built probably about 1808 for Thomas Blount.","why_significant":"The house is noted as the home of several prominent state and national political and military figures, including Thomas Blount, Louis D. Wilson and John L. Bridgers. The Blount family was among North Carolina's most important early families. Architecturally it is described as a fine example of ambitious vernacular design in the Federal style.","narrative":"Built probably about 1808 on a small hill north of the Tarboro Town Common, The Grove is a two-story Federal-style frame house set on a raised basement. Its five-bay north and south facades have nine-over-nine sash windows and central doorways with four-light transoms. A gable roof rests on a modillion cornice, with a fanlight in each gable between brick double-shouldered chimneys laid in Flemish bond. Inside, an off-center transverse hall holds a three-flight stair. A shed porch added around the house is the only significant exterior alteration. Thomas Blount, a politician who sat in the Hillsborough Convention of 1788 and served in Congress, built the house on land bought in 1795. Later residents included Louis D. Wilson, who led Edgecombe volunteers in the Mexican War, and John L. Bridgers, a Confederate congressman and general. A school operated here in the 1890s, and the house now serves as school system offices. It is valued for its associations with prominent figures and its ambitious vernacular Federal design.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date ca. 1808)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered only by a shed porch added around the building; used for administrative offices of the city school system and owned by the Town of Tarboro.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.454349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7201/47720126/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000583.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720126","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grove_(Tarboro,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/grove-the-71000583/"}