{"nrhp_refnum":"71000608","name":"Hazel-Nash House","other_names":["Hasell-Nash House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 W. Queen St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsborough","county":"Orange County","state":"NC","lat":36.079060250000055,"lon":-79.10090600599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private residence at 116 West Queen Street in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, built about 1820. It has a two-story pedimented central block flanked by single-story pedimented wings.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest examples of Robert Morris's architectural influence in North Carolina. It was probably built from plate 37 of Morris's Rural Architecture but changed the wings to clean-cut pedimented forms, which Thomas Waterman called \"the culmination of the Morris type.\" It is also tied to Archibald D. Murphey, a champion of public education, who once owned the lot.","narrative":"Built about 1820 on lot 58 in Hillsborough, this house at 116 West Queen Street has a two-story pedimented central block with a pedimented single-story wing on each side. It was probably modeled on plate 37 of Robert Morris's Rural Architecture, published in London in 1750. The builders changed Morris's stumpy wings into clean-cut pedimented ones, which architectural historian Thomas Waterman called the culmination of the Morris type. Inside, the main block has a side-hall plan, a parlor with an early Federal mantel, and an attic with some of the earliest interiors. Later changes include the Ionic-columned porch, a Palladian window in the pediment, a modern kitchen, and a Greek Revival rear room. The lot was once owned by Archibald D. Murphey, a state senator and judge now called the father of public education in North Carolina. Eliza Hasell is thought to have built the house, and it later passed through the Simpson, Nash, and Graham families.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Robert Morris-influenced pedimented design with Federal and Greek Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, altered, on its original site, 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 02:58:57.004927-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7216/47721652/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000608.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000608/7e1734ff8d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000608/7e1734ff8d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasell-Nash_House,_116_West_Queen_Street,_Hillsborough_(Orange_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasell-Nash_House,_116_West_Queen_Street,_Hillsborough_(Orange_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001363","name":"Hillsborough Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/hillsborough-historic-district-73001363/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721652","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel-Nash_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817684"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/orange-county/hazel-nash-house-71000608/"}