{"nrhp_refnum":"71000613","name":"Sans Souci","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Corbin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsborough","county":"Orange County","state":"NC","lat":36.082590727000024,"lon":-79.09615695399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sans Souci is a two-story frame house with later wings and a rear addition on East Corbin Street at the edge of Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, probably built about 1813 by William Cain.","why_significant":"The house is a local adaptation of a three-part house type popularized by plate 37 in Robert Morris's Select Architecture. It was built in three major stages and retains fine original woodwork, for which it is cited by Thomas Tileston Waterman as important to North Carolina domestic architecture. It is also tied to the wealthy Cain family of Orange County.","narrative":"Sans Souci is a frame house on East Corbin Street at the edge of Hillsborough, probably built about 1813 by William Cain as his town house. It began as a two-story weatherboarded block on a Flemish bond brick foundation, with a side-hall plan. Federal-period story-and-a-half wings were added at each end, and a Greek Revival shed addition was later built across the rear. The interiors keep notable woodwork, including a full-height parlor mantel with fluted pilasters and a dentil cornice. The rear addition resembles work in the old Orange County Courthouse, suggesting the local builder John Berry. The form describes the house as a local adaptation of the three-part type popularized by Robert Morris's Select Architecture. Thomas Tileston Waterman cited it for its importance to North Carolina domestic architecture and its original woodwork. Early outbuildings, including a kitchen, office and servants' quarters, remain in the yard. The Cain family was among the wealthiest in Orange County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Cain (probable builder); the Greek Revival rear addition may be the work of John Berry","architectural_style":"Local adaptation of the Robert Morris plate 37 three-part type, with Federal and Greek Revival additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered; occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.817912-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7216/47721608/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000613.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000613/314a262588-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000613/314a262588-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SANS_SOUCI,_HILLSBOROUGH,_ORANGE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:SANS_SOUCI,_HILLSBOROUGH,_ORANGE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721608","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Souci_(Hillsborough,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817710"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/orange-county/sans-souci-71000613/"}