{"nrhp_refnum":"72000950","name":"Smith-Whitford House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"506 Craven St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.110036783000055,"lon":-77.03734479799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 506 Craven Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It began as a late Georgian center-hall house built probably soon after 1772 and later received Victorian additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine Georgian building whose later changes, each made in the style of its own era, blend into a harmonious whole. It is also tied to Colonel John D. Whitford, a New Bern historian and railroad president who lived there. The design is credited by Whitford to James Coor.","narrative":"Located at 506 Craven Street in New Bern, this two-story frame house began as a late Georgian center-hall dwelling, two rooms deep, probably built soon after Henry Smith bought the lot in 1772. Colonel John D. Whitford credited the design to carpenter James Coor, whose own house stood nearby. After Smith family ownership ended in 1782, the property passed through several owners and returned to the Smiths in 1828. The Whitford family acquired it in 1875. Colonel Whitford, a local historian and president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, added the recessed Victorian entrance, the altered front gable and a delicate sawn-work side porch. Inside, much of the original Georgian trim survives, including mantels, paneled wainscot and a closed-string stair. The house is valued as a fine Georgian building whose later changes were each made in the best taste of their time. Together they form an unusually harmonious blend of two periods, and the house is also linked to a prominent chronicler of New Bern life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James Coor (design credited by Colonel John D. Whitford); probably built by Henry Smith","architectural_style":"Georgian with Victorian alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; altered, on its original site; 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 02:58:55.80882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7197/47719708/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000950/e0a3726311-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000950/e0a3726311-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smith-Whitford_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:Smith-Whitford_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719708","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Whitford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158142"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/smith-whitford-house-72000950/"}