{"nrhp_refnum":"78001962","name":"Burras House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"On U.S. 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamesville","county":"Martin County","state":"NC","lat":35.80932000400003,"lon":-76.90106415599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame farmhouse with finished attic on the south side of US 64 near Jamesville, Martin County, North Carolina. Its form and Federal style details suggest an early nineteenth century date, though the exact age is uncertain, and it was moved in 1928.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Martin County's least altered early nineteenth century dwellings, a vernacular Federal style frame cottage. Its interior and exterior ornament is unusually varied, with each motif appearing only once. Its turned porch columns, nicknamed \"milk-bottle columns,\" are shared with only two other known houses in neighboring Washington County.","narrative":"Near Jamesville in Martin County, North Carolina, this one-story frame farmhouse with a finished attic represents a shrinking group of small, well-finished vernacular farmhouses in the state's eastern counties. Its Federal style details point to an early nineteenth century date, though the exact age is unknown. The porch is its best-known feature, with turned Doric-type posts so swollen at the middle that they are called milk-bottle columns. Inside, the original raised-panel door, enclosed stair and several Federal mantels survive, including an ornate rear mantel carved with sunbursts, scrolls and a shell. The house takes its name from George Moore Burras, who lived there from the 1850s for about fifty years. It descended through the Moore, Burras and Smithwick families and was moved a short distance in 1928. After years as a rental and then a decade of vacancy, it was given to a local foundation intending to restore it.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rented to tenants for over thirty years, then vacant for nearly a decade; donated in 1976 to a preservation foundation that plans restoration, possibly as a library. Condition listed as fair.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.063267-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7212/47721211/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001962.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721211","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burras_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/martin-county/burras-house-78001962/"}