{"nrhp_refnum":"72000931","name":"Barker House","other_names":["See Also:Edenton Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S Terminus of Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edenton","county":"Chowan County","state":"NC","lat":36.05654055000008,"lon":-76.60952221199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house with a finished attic at the south end of Broad Street in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, overlooking Albemarle Sound. It was built in 1782 and later enlarged and moved to its present site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is historically important for its ownership by the Barker family, who played locally significant, if minor, roles during the Revolution. It is also notable as a representative Georgian dwelling expanded in the Federal and Greek Revival periods. Its waterfront setting creates one of the most picturesque vistas in North Carolina.","narrative":"Overlooking Albemarle Sound at the south end of Broad Street in Edenton, this two-story frame house began in 1782 as a story-and-a-half dwelling with four rooms over a full cellar. Early in the nineteenth century it was raised to two stories with an attic, and in the second quarter of that century the north side was lengthened by ten feet, a two-tier front porch was added, and the interior was rearranged into a center-hall plan. Interior woodwork reflects Georgian, Adamesque and Greek Revival phases. The land was assembled from five town lots and bought in 1756 by lawyer and planter Thomas Barker, whose wife Penelope is traditionally linked to the Edenton Tea Party of 1774. The house passed through several owners, including Augustus Moore, whose family held it until 1952. It was then moved about three blocks to the waterfront with funds raised by civic groups. Restored, it now serves as a visitor center and exhibit space. It is valued for its Georgian character and Barker family associations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, expanded in the Federal and Greek Revival periods","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and in good condition; it serves as the Edenton visitor center, headquarters of Historic Edenton, Inc., and houses exhibits about the town.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.801086-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7196/47719623/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000931/126c2a484b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000931/126c2a484b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Leah Rucker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barker_House,_Fall_2012.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Leah Rucker</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:Barker_House,_Fall_2012.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001316","name":"Edenton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/edenton-historic-district-73001316/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719623","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_House_(Edenton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18356627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chowan-county/barker-house-72000931/"}