{"nrhp_refnum":"74001356","name":"Eagle Nest","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Pink Hill off NC 41","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pink Hill","county":"Jones County","state":"NC","lat":35.01830367500003,"lon":-77.56697833199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eagle Nest is a two-story frame Federal plantation house southeast of Pink Hill in Tuckahoe Township, Jones County, North Carolina, built about 1800, probably soon after 1796, for John Giles.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an early Federal plantation house important to the architectural history of Jones County. It shows the strong cultural influence of New Bern in the area. Notable features include the two-tier porch with enclosed ends, exposed-face chimneys typical of New Bern buildings, doors with flat panels above flush ones, and well-executed interior woodwork.","narrative":"Eagle Nest is a two-story frame plantation house southeast of Pink Hill in Jones County, North Carolina, built around 1800. It was probably erected soon after 1796 for planter John Giles, who acquired part of the Tuckahoe Meadows land that year. The house has beaded weatherboard siding, a brick foundation, a gable roof, and two exposed-face end chimneys laid in Flemish bond, along with a molded box cornice with dentils. Inside, an off-center hall plan holds well-preserved Federal woodwork, including an Adamesque mantel with sunbursts and cable molding. Doors combine flat upper panels with flush lower ones, a feature rarely found in North Carolina outside New Bern. The front has been reworked, and rear additions are of considerable age. The house is valued as an example of early Federal architecture showing New Bern's influence on Jones County. After Giles, it passed through several owners and has been held by the Brown family and their descendants since 1860.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; ca. 1800","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered, on its original site; 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 02:58:58.276111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7210/47721022/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001356/16fc3dc8e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001356/16fc3dc8e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Nest_Farm.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</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:Eagle_Nest_Farm.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721022","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nest_(Pink_Hills,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461466"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jones-county/eagle-nest-74001356/"}