{"nrhp_refnum":"72000964","name":"Mendenhall, Richard, Plantation Buildings","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 29","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamestown","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.99284536600004,"lon":-79.94872325899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick two-story Quaker-style farmhouse with outbuildings, including a large Pennsylvania German-type barn, a well house and a fence, sited on the main road through Jamestown in Guilford County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built in 1811 probably by Richard Mendenhall, son of Jamestown's founder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm complex is a rare and essentially intact survival of the Pennsylvania-influenced farm buildings built by Quaker settlers in this part of North Carolina. The house is presented as an excellent example of austere Quaker brick architecture with segmental-arched openings. Together with the nearby Mendenhall Store and Quaker Meeting House, the buildings are described as a compact, complete collection probably unique in the state. The house was also a gathering place for learning and the homestead had a tannery.","narrative":"Jamestown, in Guilford County, North Carolina, is the setting for this brick farmhouse, completed in 1811 probably by Richard Mendenhall, son of the founder of the town. The two-story house has Flemish bond brickwork, now painted white, a full-length two-tier front porch, segmental-arched openings and a hall-and-parlor plan with Greek Revival mantels. A kitchen wing, a shed addition and a stone-walled Pennsylvania German-type barn stand with it, along with a brick well house that encloses a small yard. Richard Mendenhall was a state legislator in 1805 and 1806, and the house became a meeting place for people interested in learning and philosophical and religious questions. Its association with the Friends School at New Garden, later Guilford College, adds to its importance. The complex is valued as a largely intact example of Quaker building in North Carolina, and it is considered probably unique in the state as a group together with the nearby store and meeting house.","period_of_significance":"1800-1849","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Quaker architecture; Pennsylvania German type barn","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Original site, unaltered east side; in private ownership","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.001837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7204/47720482/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000964.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000964/b893b908ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000964/b893b908ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"336photog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mendenhall_Plantation.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">336photog</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:Mendenhall_Plantation.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001345","name":"Jamestown Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/jamestown-historic-district-additional-documentation-73001345/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720482","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mendenhall_Plantation_Buildings","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711611"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/mendenhall-richard-plantation-buildings-72000964/"}