{"nrhp_refnum":"74001378","name":"Wakefields","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Creedmoor off U.S. 15A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wake Forest","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":36.002535926000064,"lon":-78.52290454499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wakefields (also called Home Acres) is a plantation complex near Creedmoor and Wake Forest in Wake County, North Carolina. It has an early Greek Revival frame house with two earlier rear sections, plus a separate early dwelling and a slave house in the rear yard.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the complex is a well-preserved group of plantation buildings that together show the plantation's long history. The buildings reflect nearly a century of ownership, from the Bell family through the Sutherlands to the Harrises. The survival of such a complete set of buildings representing a property's chronology is called rare.","narrative":"Wakefields, also known as Home Acres, is a plantation complex in Wake County, North Carolina, made up of buildings from several periods. The main house has a two-story front block in transitional Federal-Greek Revival style, reportedly built in 1831, with a pedimented two-tier entrance porch and Doric columns. Behind it are a one-and-one-half-story section thought to predate the front block and a kitchen with a massive stone chimney. Southwest of the house stands a separate early dwelling, possibly of eighteenth-century date, and a small slave house sits farther to the rear. Ransom Sutherland bought the land in 1786, and the Sutherlands were calling the place Wakefields by 1807. The Harris family later lived there, and the Harrises used the name Home Acres by 1939. The property was listed because the buildings together trace about a century of the plantation's history, and the survival of so complete a group is described as rare. Large old trees and a boxwood garden add to the setting.","period_of_significance":"18th and 19th centuries","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federal-Greek Revival (main block)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent, original site, occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination; the slave house is in near ruinous condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.331263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7224/47722437/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001378.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefields","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436293"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/wakefields-74001378/"}