{"nrhp_refnum":"71000595","name":"Roberts-Vaughan House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"130 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Murfreesboro","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.442650161000074,"lon":-77.09996473599995,"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 two-story frame house at 130 East Main Street in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The east portion is thought to have been built by Benjamin Roberts in the first decade of the nineteenth century and was enlarged in the Greek Revival period.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house one of the most ornate vernacular structures in Murfreesboro. Its intricate cornice work and its original marbelizing and wood graining are cited as a valuable example of decorating techniques in ante-bellum North Carolina. It is also tied to Benjamin Roberts, a wealthy local businessman, and to Uriah Vaughan, who enlarged it.","narrative":"Roberts-Vaughan House is a frame dwelling at 130 East Main Street in Murfreesboro. It began as a two-story gable-roofed house, and its east portion is thought to have been built by Benjamin Roberts, a wealthy local businessman and early trustee of Hertford Academy, in the first decade of the 1800s. Uriah Vaughan acquired the property about 1835 and enlarged it during the Greek Revival period, adding a central tetrastyle pedimented portico with reeded Doric columns. A bracketed cornice with pierced dentils and fretwork wraps the house. Inside, a center-passage plan holds a stair with ornamental brackets and marbelized treads, plus plaster walls over wainscot with wood graining and original Federal mantels in the older section. The house was listed as one of Murfreesboro's most ornate vernacular buildings and as a valuable example of ante-bellum decorative painting. The local historical association acquired it and planned restoration for a community library and offices.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Benjamin Roberts (thought to have built the east portion); Uriah Vaughan (enlarged the house)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival additions to an earlier Federal-era frame house; described as vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and unoccupied, with preservation work in progress. The Murfreesboro Historical Association plans to restore it for use as a community library and offices.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.893088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7208/47720849/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000595/82d4645495-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000595/82d4645495-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberts-Vaughan_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberts-Vaughan_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000593","name":"Murfreesboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/murfreesboro-historic-district-71000593/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts-Vaughan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/roberts-vaughan-house-71000595/"}