{"nrhp_refnum":"75001269","name":"Locust Grove","other_names":["Foster House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Louisburg on U.S. 401","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ingleside","county":"Franklin County","state":"NC","lat":36.17542644400004,"lon":-78.29028190799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Locust Grove, also called the Foster House, is a two-story frame Georgian plantation house on U.S. 401 near Ingleside, north of Louisburg, in Franklin County, North Carolina. The exact construction date is uncertain, but stylistic evidence suggests it may predate 1789.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the best examples of Georgian architecture in Franklin County, with ambitious vernacular Georgian interiors of exceptional quality, including robust mantels and paneled wainscots. It was also owned by prominent figures such as Thomas Bell and John Haywood, and later by the Foster family.","narrative":"Locust Grove is a two-story frame plantation house on U.S. 401 near Ingleside in Franklin County, North Carolina. Five bays wide beneath a gable roof, it has Flemish bond end chimneys, nine-over-nine sash windows and a rear ell that gives it a T-shaped plan. Inside, the vigorous Georgian finish includes plastered walls above paneled or flush-sheathed wainscots, six-panel doors and tall mantels with fluted pilasters and dentil cornices. The nomination calls it among the best Georgian houses in the county, with interiors of exceptional quality. The first owner is uncertain, but early owners included Thomas Bell, a local assemblyman and merchant, and John Haywood, later a state attorney general and Superior Court judge. Peter Foster bought the property in 1815, and his family held it for decades. Fenton Foster, said to have developed early typesetting and typewriting machines, lived there in the 1880s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved and in good condition; occupied as a private residence at the time of the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.812091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7203/47720351/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001269.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Grove_(Ingleside,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711601"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/franklin-county/locust-grove-75001269/"}