{"nrhp_refnum":"76002118","name":"Carter, A. P., Homeplace","other_names":["A.P. Carter Birthplace"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Maces Spring near jct. of VA 614 and VA 691","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maces Spring","county":"Scott County","state":"VA","lat":36.66695997550005,"lon":-82.39413948582776,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small story-and-a-half half-dovetailed log cabin measuring 17 by 15 feet, set in Little Valley near Maces Spring, Scott County, Virginia. It was the birthplace and early home of A. P. Carter, and a log barn and a frame outbuilding survive nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant as the birthplace and early home of A. P. Carter, a leading collector and performer of Southwest Virginia folk music and a founder of the Carter Family. It is also a late example of the traditional square English cabin type, used by poorer people for nearly 300 years. It represents the small, plain houses often overlooked by historians.","narrative":"Tucked into Little Valley near Maces Spring in Scott County, Virginia, this small log cabin is where A. P. Carter was born in 1891 and lived until shortly after his marriage in 1915. Carter collected and performed mountain folk songs, and with Sara and Maybelle Carter he formed the Carter Family. Their roughly 250 recorded songs, made between 1927 and 1941, preserved a broad cross-section of regional music. The cabin itself measures 17 by 15 feet and has half-dovetailed log walls, weatherboard gables, a rubble stone chimney at the west end and a rear lean-to. Inside are a closed corner stair and a small fireplace. It follows the traditional square English cabin plan, a type used for housing by poorer families into the twentieth century. A log barn and another outbuilding survive nearby. The cabin has stood unused, and it remains in the Carter family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (traditional square or English log cabin)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The 1976 form says the cabin is abandoned and unused. A 1985 update describes it as vacant for much of the twentieth century, now used for storage, and in fair to poor condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.316439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6789/41678940/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/76002118.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002118/616fa8f847-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002118/616fa8f847-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Swampyank","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birthplace_log_cabin_of_A.P._Carter_at_the_Carter_Fold_at_Maces_Springs,_Virginia_now_Hiltons,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Swampyank</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birthplace_log_cabin_of_A.P._Carter_at_the_Carter_Fold_at_Maces_Springs,_Virginia_now_Hiltons,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Carter_Homeplace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177521"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/scott-county/carter-a-p-homeplace-76002118/"}