{"nrhp_refnum":"73001337","name":"Fairntosh Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Near jct. of SR 1004 and 1632","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":36.099026966000054,"lon":-78.82792700414706,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fairntosh Plantation is a plantation house with surrounding outbuildings, located on the east side of S.R. 1004 near Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built by Duncan Cameron, probably shortly after his 1802 marriage, and combines two joined houses.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Fairntosh among the most important antebellum plantations in North Carolina. The transitional Georgian-Federal house has fine exterior proportions and very well-executed interiors, and its many outbuildings show the plantation's agricultural and home manufacturing activities. It was also the seat of the Cameron family, Duncan Cameron and his son Paul, who were powerful in politics, agriculture, finance and education.","narrative":"Fairntosh Plantation, near Durham, is a working farm centered on a large house made of two joined sections. The older rear block is a two-story, side-hall structure; the larger west block is five bays wide with a Doric porch across the front, a center hall and a graceful Federal stair. Interiors feature raised-panel wainscoting and Georgian-Federal mantels with fluted pilasters and guilloche bands. A group of well-preserved outbuildings surrounds the house, including a two-story kitchen, slave quarters, smokehouse, dairy, office and schoolhouse. Duncan Cameron, a lawyer, judge and president of the State Bank of North Carolina, built the house soon after his 1802 marriage. His son Paul Carrington Cameron later ran the estate, which once covered about 25,000 acres, and became one of the state's wealthiest citizens. The property was listed for its architecture, its illustration of plantation life and its connection to the Camerons' influence in politics, agriculture, finance and education.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Duncan Cameron (builder)","architectural_style":"Transitional Georgian-Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and altered; still a working farm and used as a private residence, on a plantation that has dwindled to 3,000 acres.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.453415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7200/47720029/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001337.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720029","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairntosh_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711564"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/fairntosh-plantation-73001337/"}