{"nrhp_refnum":"77001010","name":"Capehart, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Kittrell on SR 1105","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kittrell","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.229645033000054,"lon":-78.46664285499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small frame Gothic cottage on the north side of SR 1105 near Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina, built about 1866-1870 for Thomas Capehart, a Confederate veteran and farmer. The nominated property covers 8 acres and includes a small board-and-batten outbuilding.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottage is a well-preserved, rare example of the Downingesque Gothic domestic mode in North Carolina, with ornate sawn bargeboards and traceried lancet windows. Some features suggest the work of Warrenton builder Jacob Holt or an associate. It is also tied to Thomas Capehart, a Confederate veteran, farmer, merchant and founder of St. James Episcopal Church in Kittrell.","narrative":"Set amid rolling farmland near Kittrell in Vance County, this small frame cottage was built between about 1866 and 1870 for Thomas Capehart. Capehart was a Confederate veteran who had served as an infantry lieutenant and artillery captain, and he settled in the area after buying about forty-two acres in 1866. The house follows the Gothic cottage type popularized by A. J. Downing. It has an L-shaped plan, board-and-batten walls, steep gables trimmed with sawn bargeboards, a lacy front porch and lancet windows filled with tracery. Several details, including the entrance frame and the stair, resemble the work of Warrenton builder Jacob Holt. Some of the ornament was replaced or reproduced during a recent renovation. Capehart farmed, kept a dry goods store, helped found St. James Episcopal Church and lived in the house until his death in 1919. The nomination treats the cottage as a rare surviving example of its style in North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1866-1870","architect_builder":"Jacob Holt (attributed; features suggestive of his work and perhaps his associates)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (Downingesque Gothic cottage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in occupied use, in excellent condition and altered; ornament intact or restored after recent renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.410279-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7224/47722402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001010/6d831fefa6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001010/6d831fefa6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Royalal","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Capehart_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Royalal</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:Thomas_Capehart_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722402","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Capehart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20638907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/capehart-thomas-house-77001010/"}