{"nrhp_refnum":"74001386","name":"Tusculum","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Warrenton off SR 1635","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arcola","county":"Warren County","state":"NC","lat":36.284589606000054,"lon":-78.01819036271044,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame plantation house at the end of S.R. 1635 southeast of Warrenton, in the Arcola vicinity of Warren County, North Carolina. It was built for Samuel T. Alston, probably in the early 1830s.","why_significant":"The house is a well-executed late Federal plantation house, linked by its Palladian doorways and detailing to the Montmorenci school of vernacular late Federal houses in the region. Its interior blends late Federal and Greek Revival motifs and has a handsome, unusual stair. It is also tied to the Alston family, prominent planters in antebellum Warren County.","narrative":"Tusculum is a large plantation house at the end of S.R. 1635 near Arcola in Warren County, North Carolina. Two stories tall under a gable roof, the frame house has a five-bay north facade with Palladian doorways at both levels, a fanlight, paneled pilasters and an arcaded wooden corbel cornice. Inside, a center-hall plan combines late Federal and Greek Revival details, and the standout feature is a three-flight stair with scrolled tulip brackets and a relief guilloche band. Samuel T. Alston, youngest son of planter Samuel Alston, probably built it around his 1831 marriage, on land from his father's estate. The doorway details tie it to nearby houses such as Elgin, Prospect Hill, Montmorenci and Dalkeith. By 1860 the plantation produced 30,000 pounds of tobacco and held eighty-three enslaved people. After Alston's death in 1860 and several later transfers, the property passed to the King family.","period_of_significance":"1830s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federal with Greek Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in fair condition, privately owned and 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 02:58:58.318143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7227/47722704/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001386.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusculum_(Arcola,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25203240"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/warren-county/tusculum-74001386/"}