{"nrhp_refnum":"73001318","name":"Clear Springs Plantation","other_names":["Dawson Place","Green's Thoroughfare"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Jasper","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jasper","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.21598864500004,"lon":-77.20051785599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half Georgian frame plantation house on a coquina (marl) outcropping west of Bachelor's Creek, near Jasper in Craven County, North Carolina. Its date is uncertain, but circa 1740 is considered most likely.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it may be the oldest standing building in Craven County and one of the most complete surviving early eighteenth-century houses in the state. It shows the first known use of coquina foundations and exposed-face interior end chimneys, features typical of Craven County. The land has stayed in the same family since 1707, and the marl quarries probably supplied stone for New Bern buildings.","narrative":"Clear Springs Plantation, also called Green's Thoroughfare or Dawson Place, is a story-and-a-half Georgian frame house near Jasper in Craven County. It sits on a natural outcropping of coquina, a shell conglomerate locally called marl, beside a spring-fed creek. The house is five bays wide with pedimented dormers, two interior end chimneys and a coquina basement. Much original interior woodwork survives, including raised-panel doors, molded trim and a fully paneled hall chimney wall. The exact construction date is unknown, though style, family history and records point to about 1740. The land was granted to Farnifold Green in 1707 and has remained with his descendants. Its marl quarries likely supplied foundation stone for early New Bern houses and the Cedar Grove Cemetery wall. The house is considered possibly the oldest standing building in Craven County and one of the most complete early eighteenth-century houses in North Carolina.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as unusually well preserved though run down; the form checks fair condition, altered, and original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.050893-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/7197/47719744/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001318.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001318/dede2fc780-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001318/dede2fc780-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"NCSherrie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_Springs_Plantation_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NCSherrie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_Springs_Plantation_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719744","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Springs_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148988"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/clear-springs-plantation-73001318/"}