{"nrhp_refnum":"79001711","name":"Abrams Plains","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Stovall","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stovall","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.48319007550006,"lon":-78.51292235207623,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Abrams Plains is a frame farmhouse and plantation complex on flat land at the end of a long drive in Stovall, Granville County, North Carolina, on about thirty-six and one-quarter acres. The house combines an 1830 two-story Greek Revival section with eighteenth-century components.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property reflects the long continuous ownership of a single family, the Smiths and their descendants, from the 1760s onward, and the tobacco plantation economy of the northeastern Piedmont. It also cites the life of Samuel Smith, a local civil and military leader in Granville County, and the regional Greek Revival plantation house design of the 1830 section.","narrative":"Abrams Plains is a frame plantation house near Stovall in Granville County, North Carolina, built in stages from the 1760s onward. Samuel Smith established the plantation in 1766 after moving from Essex County, Virginia, and grew tobacco there with a self-sufficient complex of shops, gardens and livestock. In 1830 his granddaughter Sarah Pomfret Smith Downey and her husband Samuel Smith Downey replaced much of the original dwelling with a two-story, three-bay Greek Revival block on the same foundation. The 1830 section has a double-pile central hall plan, high ceilings, twelve-over-twelve sash windows, and a stair rising to the attic. Earlier eighteenth-century rooms, including Federal-style mantels and an enclosed Y-shaped stair, survive in the rear sections. The property is regarded as significant for its tobacco-era origins, its Smith family leader, and its Greek Revival house, which has remained in the same family line for generations.","period_of_significance":"1766-1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federal to Greek Revival, rural vernacular","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.410082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7204/47720449/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001711.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720449","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrams_Plains","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711526"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/abrams-plains-79001711/"}