{"nrhp_refnum":"73001371","name":"Ashland","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Henderson on Satterwhite Point Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.42409786400003,"lon":-78.36938419299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ashland is a two-section frame plantation house on the west side of Satterwhite Point Road, northwest of Henderson in Vance County, North Carolina. The older north section may date to the eighteenth century, and the larger south section was added in the mid-nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Ashland one of the most impressive and best-maintained plantation houses in the Nutbush Creek area and Vance County's best-known antebellum showplace. It is also tied to the Henderson family, notably judge and colonizer Richard Henderson, who owned the Ashland tract and organized the Transylvania colony. The house may incorporate an earlier dwelling that was rebuilt after a fire attributed to the Regulators.","narrative":"Ashland is a plantation house northwest of Henderson, reached by a boxwood walk and set on a slight rise in a yard of large trees. It consists of two frame sections side by side: a lower, older north section and a larger south section added by mid-nineteenth century owners. Beaded weatherboards, pilastered window frames, a pedimented Tuscan entrance porch and Flemish bond chimneys mark the exterior. Inside, the newer section has a wide hall divided by a transverse arch on heavy paneled pilasters, a grand stair, plaster medallions and a large front room said to have been a ballroom. Remnants in the attic and basement suggest possible eighteenth century construction in the older part. The property is linked to the Henderson family, including Richard Henderson, a judge who organized the Transylvania colony and whose house was burned, probably by Regulators, before he rebuilt. The house is regarded as Vance County's best-known antebellum showplace and landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Federal elements in the newer section","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, surrounded by well-tended farmland, privately owned and used 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 02:58:56.016271-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7224/47722417/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001371.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001371/bfbd30baeb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001371/bfbd30baeb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Related names: Henderson, Samuel Henderson, Richard Henderson, Archibald Bullock, Richard White, Adolphus Eugene White, Henry North Carolina State College, sponsor Brown, Eugene Wilson, delineator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashland_Plantation_House,_Satterwhite_Road,_Henderson,_Vance_County,_NC_HABS_NC,91-HEND.V,1-_(sheet_5_of_8).tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Related names: Henderson, Samuel Henderson, Richard Henderson, Archibald Bullock, Richard White, Adolphus Eugene White, Henry North Carolina State College, sponsor Brown, Eugene Wilson, delineator</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashland_Plantation_House,_Satterwhite_Road,_Henderson,_Vance_County,_NC_HABS_NC,91-HEND.V,1-_(sheet_5_of_8).tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722417","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_(Henderson,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/ashland-73001371/"}