{"nrhp_refnum":"74001335","name":"Graves House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 158 at NC 86","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yanceyville","county":"Caswell County","state":"NC","lat":36.40408388000003,"lon":-79.33185850499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame tripartite house of Georgian design on the south side of U.S. 158 at its intersection with N.C. 86, near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was probably built in the late 1780s or early 1790s for Solomon Graves.","why_significant":"It is the only survivor of three tripartite houses said once to have existed in Caswell County, and is architecturally important for its form, plan, paneled overmantels and stairwell. It is among the oldest dwellings in the county and the only remaining antebellum house built for the Graves family. It is described as an example of the most substantial class of eighteenth century domestic architecture in the area.","narrative":"Set beside U.S. 158 on the outskirts of Yanceyville, this frame house follows a Georgian tripartite plan: a gable-front center section flanked by two narrow wings. It has beaded weatherboards, a molded box cornice with modillions, brick chimneys with stepped shoulders, and nine-over-nine sash windows. Inside, the cross-hall plan survives, along with raised-panel overmantels, an original six-panel stair door and an unusual balustrade with diagonally set balusters. The house was probably built in the late 1780s or early 1790s for Solomon Graves, an early Caswell County leader who served as tax collector, helped fund the first county jail and sat in the House of Commons. It is the only survivor of three tripartite houses said to have stood in the county and the only remaining antebellum house built for the Graves family. After years as a tenant house it fell into ruinous condition, and descendants of the family restored it in the early 1970s.","period_of_significance":"1780-1800","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian tripartite house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recently restored after a long period of tenant occupancy and dilapidation; listed as an occupied private residence in good condition, altered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.291966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7194/47719468/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001335.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001335/05f7767cd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001335/05f7767cd1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves_House,_Yanceyville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves_House,_Yanceyville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18151028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/caswell-county/graves-house-74001335/"}