{"nrhp_refnum":"76001315","name":"Pembroke Hall","other_names":["See Also:Edenton Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. King St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edenton","county":"Chowan County","state":"NC","lat":36.058074017000024,"lon":-76.61135630499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pembroke Hall is a two-story frame Greek Revival house on West King Street in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, built about 1849-1850 for Dr. Matthew Page on a landscaped lot sloping to Edenton Bay.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it among the chief landmarks of the Greek Revival style in North Carolina. Its double portico and spacious interior use restrained academic Greek detail, with many elements, including the upper portico columns and hall screen, based on plates from Minard Lafever's The Beauties of Modern Architecture. It also has a documented ownership history tied to the Collins family of Somerset Place.","narrative":"Pembroke Hall is a large two-story frame house on West King Street in Edenton, set on a landscaped lot that slopes down to Edenton Bay. Built about 1849 or 1850 for Dr. Matthew Page and his second wife, Henrietta Collins, it is described as one of the chief landmarks of the Greek Revival style in North Carolina. A low hip roof covers full-length, three-bay porticoes stacked on the north and south fronts. The lower order is fluted Greek Doric, while the upper columns and the hall screen follow a plate from Minard Lafever's The Beauties of Modern Architecture. Inside are a wide central hall, double parlors with plaster ceiling medallions, and marble mantels. The land was assembled by Page from the estate of Josiah Collins, Jr., whose family long held the property. The Elliott family occupied the house from 1899 until 1945, and a Collins descendant later gave it the name Pembroke Hall.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site; function is house, both then and now.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.655833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7196/47719603/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001315.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001315/7a985097be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001315/7a985097be-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pembroke_Hall,_Edenton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pembroke_Hall,_Edenton.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001316","name":"Edenton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/edenton-historic-district-73001316/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Hall_(Edenton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18387426"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chowan-county/pembroke-hall-76001315/"}