{"nrhp_refnum":"77001009","name":"Ashburn Hall","other_names":["Capehart House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Kittrell on SR 1101","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kittrell","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.20512342600006,"lon":-78.50245493499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay, T-shaped frame Greek Revival plantation house with surrounding frame outbuildings, on the east side of SR 1101 near Kittrell in Vance County, North Carolina. It was probably built in the 1840s or early 1850s for George or William A. Eaton.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a representative and well-preserved example of rural Greek Revival architecture in the northeastern Piedmont. It has two unusual features, twin pedimented bay windows and exposed face interior chimneys. It was also the seat of planter Baldy Ashburn Capehart after 1862, and his family held it until the mid-twentieth century.","narrative":"Ashburn Hall is a two-story, three-bay, T-shaped frame plantation house in rural Vance County, near Kittrell, North Carolina. Built in the 1840s or early 1850s, probably for planter George or William A. Eaton, it follows the Greek Revival style with a pedimented entrance portico on paired fluted Tuscan columns. Two features are unusual for the eastern Piedmont: pedimented bay windows flanking the entrance and exposed face chimneys at each end. Inside, a central hall, a rear cross hall with the stair, and simple but forceful Greek Revival woodwork survive. Frame outbuildings, including a meat house, well house and barns, stand nearby. The property takes its name from Baldy Ashburn Capehart, a Confederate cavalry officer, churchman and prominent planter who bought the land in 1862 and later served as a county judge. His family kept the house until 1941. The house is regarded as one of the best-preserved Greek Revival plantation houses in the region.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as sensitively renovated, well maintained and in excellent condition; used as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.884799-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7224/47722408/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001009.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722408","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashburn_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986516"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/ashburn-hall-77001009/"}