{"nrhp_refnum":"74001361","name":"Arrington, Gen. Joseph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Hilliardston on SR 1500","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hilliardston","county":"Nash County","state":"NC","lat":36.11570143900008,"lon":-77.91104781699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part frame plantation house southeast of Hilliardston in Nash County, North Carolina, consisting of a small Georgian section and a larger late Federal addition, resting on a brick cellar.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house has elaborate vernacular Federal interiors of extraordinary richness and individuality, with distinctive gouged Adamesque woodwork. It is also of local historical importance as one of the few surviving plantation houses of the Arrington family, prominent citizens of Nash County.","narrative":"Southeast of Hilliardston, a frame house on a brick cellar shows two stages of building. The older west section is one story with simple Georgian interiors. The larger two-story east section, probably built by militia General Joseph Arrington, Jr., has a side-hall plan and unusually ornate vernacular Federal woodwork. Hall and parlor feature a molded arch, wainscots, and door and window surrounds decorated with gouged and pierced garlands, sunbursts and tassels, while the parlor mantel and flanking windows form a single composition. The house is tied to the Arrington family, which moved from Virginia about 1760 and became prominent in Nash County. Arrington advertised his land and house for sale in 1834 before moving to Alabama. Later owners included William Arrington, who bought about 320 acres in 1873, and Burrell Arrington, whose family kept the land into the twentieth century. The house was listed for its architecture and its local importance as a surviving Arrington plantation house. Brick chimneys laid in Flemish bond with mouse-tooth detailing add to its character.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"General Joseph Arrington, Jr., probably the builder of the large Federal addition","architectural_style":"Georgian (older section) and vernacular Federal (larger section)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair and altered; occupied as a private residence, with the land farmed by the occupants.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.591531-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7214/47721482/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001361.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721482","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Joseph_Arrington_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460279"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/nash-county/arrington-gen-joseph-house-74001361/"}