{"nrhp_refnum":"71000589","name":"Riddick House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 mi. S of jct. of SR 1319 and 1322","address_restricted":false,"city":"Como","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.52959315600003,"lon":-76.93996983999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A plantation house near Como in Hertford County, North Carolina, built by Abram Riddick after 1825 from materials of an earlier house, about one mile inland from the Chowan River. It began as a two-story frame house and was later enlarged.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Maney and Riddick plantation, which Abram Riddick expanded into a large estate with its own village. The nomination admits it is not of surpassing importance as an example of one architectural style. It argues the house is singularly intriguing for its unusual building techniques and stylistic alterations.","narrative":"Near Como in Hertford County, this plantation house began as a two-story, gable-roofed frame structure on a brick foundation and was later raised to three full stories. A Greek Revival two-story addition at the rear gave it an L-shaped plan. Inside, the center-passage plan holds Adam-style mantels, one decorated with oval ornaments said to resemble pineapple slices, separated by crossed snakes. Its origins go back to a plantation house built before 1750 on a hill above the Chowan River, burned by British troops in the Revolutionary War and replaced by James Maney. Abram Riddick bought the land in 1825, dismantled the Maney House and reused its materials about a mile inland. He grew the estate from under one thousand acres to seven thousand by 1860, with a school, store, warehouses and slave houses forming a settlement called Riddicksville. The house is valued for its unusual techniques and stylistic alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Abram Riddick (built the present house using materials from the dismantled Maney House)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival rear addition on an earlier frame house with Adam-style mantels","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, moved, and occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.503358-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7208/47720847/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000589.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720847","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_House_(Como,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18749722"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/riddick-house-71000589/"}