{"nrhp_refnum":"71000598","name":"Foscue Plantation House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 17 near jct. with SR 1002","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pollocksville","county":"Jones County","state":"NC","lat":35.03793309100007,"lon":-77.29023631399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick side-hall plantation house with a gable roof and full raised basement, located on the east side of US 17 near Pollocksville in Jones County, North Carolina. It was probably built shortly after 1801 by Simon Foscue.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of a typical New Bern side-hall plan built as a plantation house rather than a town house. It also notes the interesting effort to keep the exterior symmetrical by curving the chimneys through the attic rooms, and the fine vernacular Federal interior work.","narrative":"Near Pollocksville in Jones County, this two-story brick plantation house follows the side-hall plan common to New Bern town houses, with a gable roof and a full raised basement. The front facade is laid in Flemish bond, and the other three sides are in common bond. A heavy corbeled brick cornice with dentils and a sawtooth course of headers forms pediments on the gable ends. Simon Foscue, born in 1780 and married in 1801, probably built it soon after that marriage, on land obtained from his father. The plantation later passed to his son John Edward Foscue and then through later generations of the family. Inside, the parlors have Adamesque and Federal mantels, paneled wainscot and a detailed cornice, and a stair rises through four flights to a finished attic. The chimneys curve through the attic rooms so the exterior stays symmetrical, a feature the nomination singles out as especially interesting.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Simon Foscue (probable builder)","architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal; New Bern side-hall plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site; used as a private residence and marked unoccupied on the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.928815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7210/47721020/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000598.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000598/c721495baa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000598/c721495baa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foscue_Plantation_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foscue_Plantation_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721020","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foscue_Plantation_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461808"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jones-county/foscue-plantation-house-71000598/"}