{"nrhp_refnum":"75001268","name":"Green Hill House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Louisburg near jct. of SR 1760 and 1761","address_restricted":false,"city":"Louisburg","county":"Franklin County","state":"NC","lat":36.08098044400003,"lon":-78.30499764999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story frame Georgian plantation house on a raised brick basement, south of Louisburg in Franklin County, North Carolina, probably built for Green Hill in the late eighteenth century.","why_significant":"It is a representative, well-preserved example of vernacular Georgian architecture, with its full basement, large chimneys and period interior detail. It is also important to Methodist history as the site of the 1785 first annual conference of the newly organized Methodist Episcopal Church, attended by Bishops Asbury and Coke. Green Hill was a leading figure in early Franklin County politics and education.","narrative":"Green Hill House is a one-and-one-half-story frame plantation house south of Louisburg, set on a full raised brick basement laid in English bond. Probably built in the late eighteenth century for Green Hill, it has a three-bay main block, a rear shed extension, pedimented dormers, and large brick chimneys laid in Flemish bond. Inside, heavy Georgian moldings, raised-panel doors, wainscoting and Federal mantels survive, and the house keeps its essentially eighteenth-century character despite some alterations. Hill was a prominent early Franklin County figure who served in the colonial assembly, the militia and as a commissioner for laying out Louisburg. His home hosted Bishop Francis Asbury several times, and in 1785 it was the scene of the first annual conference of the newly organized Methodist Episcopal Church, attended by Asbury and Bishop Coke. Four such conferences met there. Later owners included Joel King and educator Matthew S. Davis, whose descendants held the house.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (vernacular)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as kept in an excellent state of repair and used as a private residence; the basement is still used as dining room and kitchen.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.582743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7203/47720346/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001268/cdcdfeb5d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001268/cdcdfeb5d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Hill_Place,_State_Routes_1760_%26_1761,_Louisburg_vicinity_(Franklin_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Hill_Place,_State_Routes_1760_%26_1761,_Louisburg_vicinity_(Franklin_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720346","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Hill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711580"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/franklin-county/green-hill-house-75001268/"}