{"nrhp_refnum":"74001373","name":"High Rock Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Reidsville on SR 2619","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsburg","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.260131304000026,"lon":-79.56642323199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story Federal-style brick plantation house over a full basement, built early in the nineteenth century on High Rock Farm near Williamsburg, Rockingham County, North Carolina, for merchant Joseph McCain.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most impressive Federal period house in Rockingham County. Its monumental portico with massive columns, fanlighted entrances, Palladian windows with stuccoed keystone arches, and fine interior Federal finish are described as unusual in quality for the area. It is also tied to the High Rock Ford crossing and to the community that grew around it.","narrative":"High Rock Farm is a large Federal-style brick house in Rockingham County, North Carolina, built early in the nineteenth century by Joseph McCain, a prosperous merchant who began buying land near High Rock Ford on the Haw River in 1805. The house rises two stories over a full basement on an L plan, with a hip roof, and its front is dominated by a pedimented portico carried on two colossal stuccoed columns. Palladian-style windows and entrances with heavy stuccoed keystone arches and fanlights give the facade its character. Inside, a central hall plan, an open-string stair, and carefully detailed mantels show Federal finish of a quality rare in the area. The house was built as a residence but often served as an inn when the river could not be crossed. A post office later made High Rock a small community. After deterioration, the house was bought and renovated in 1939 and remains in good condition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Joseph McCain (builder/original owner, a merchant)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence; the deteriorated house was renovated in 1939.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.563259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7219/47721988/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001373.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721988","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Rock_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/high-rock-farm-74001373/"}