{"nrhp_refnum":"71000596","name":"Wheeler, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"403 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Murfreesboro","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.444315767000035,"lon":-77.09802389099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal-period brick house at 403 East Broad Street in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina, completed in the first decade of the 19th century, with a separate brick outbuilding at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a fine example of vernacular Federal architecture in North Carolina. It is also tied to the Wheeler family, including John Wheeler, a local postmaster and academy trustee, and his son John Hill Wheeler, who was born there in 1806.","narrative":"This two-story brick house at 403 East Broad Street in Murfreesboro was built in the early 1800s and is regarded as a vernacular example of Federal architecture. The walls are laid in Flemish bond, the front is three bays wide, and a later two-story pedimented portico with square columns shelters the central entrance, which has sidelights and an elliptical fanlight. A shed porch at the rear connects the house to a one-story brick outbuilding. Inside, a central passage separates two parlors, one heavily altered and retaining traces of original painted wallpaper. John Wheeler, who came to Murfreesboro in 1796, bought the house soon after it was finished and served as postmaster and academy trustee. His son John Hill Wheeler, born there in 1806, became superintendent of the Charlotte Mint, minister to Nicaragua and a state historian. Later owners included the Trader family, who kept it for over eighty years. It was donated in 1969 to the Murfreesboro Historical Association for restoration.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and described as altered; donated in 1969 to the Murfreesboro Historical Association, with restoration planned. The form checks the status as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.552668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7208/47720879/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000596.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000596/42453839d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000596/42453839d1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Waterman, Thomas T., creator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_Thomas_T._Waterman,_Photographer_July,_1940._-_Trader_House,_403_East_Broad_Street,_Murfreesboro,_Hertford_County,_NC_HABS_NC,46-MURF,8-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterman, Thomas T., creator</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_Thomas_T._Waterman,_Photographer_July,_1940._-_Trader_House,_403_East_Broad_Street,_Murfreesboro,_Hertford_County,_NC_HABS_NC,46-MURF,8-1.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720879","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wheeler_House_(Murfreesboro,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18749281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/wheeler-john-house-71000596/"}