{"nrhp_refnum":"79001718","name":"Edmunds-Heptinstall House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Aurelian Springs on NC 1001","address_restricted":false,"city":"Aurelian Springs","county":"Halifax County","state":"NC","lat":36.37088036950004,"lon":-77.83652049463885,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A tall two-story frame plantation house on a working farm west of SR 1001 near Aurelian Springs, Halifax County, North Carolina, probably built in the 1830s or early 1840s for planter William H. Edmunds.","why_significant":"The house combines a side-hall plan, restrained Federal-style exterior detail and bold Greek Revival interior finish, and its interior remains remarkably unchanged. With its outbuildings, cemetery and surrounding farmland, it represents the antebellum plantation agriculture of Halifax County and eastern North Carolina. The land may also yield archeological information about prehistoric and historic use.","narrative":"Set among large trees and broad fields in Halifax County farmland, this 35-by-35-foot frame house rises two stories over a tall stuccoed basement, with stone chimneys typical of the area's antebellum buildings. Its exterior is restrained and Federal in feeling, with nine-over-nine windows and a fanlighted entrance, while the interior shows bold Greek Revival work: fluted door and window frames, woodgraining, and a large transverse arch across the hall. The front parlor mantel appears to follow a plate in Asher Benjamin's Practical House Carpenter. Probably built in the 1830s or early 1840s for planter William H. Edmunds, the property was sold in 1855 to John Wesley Heptinstall, a planter and Methodist preacher, and stayed with his descendants. Outbuildings, a family cemetery, terraced fields and still-working farmland remain with the house, and untested sites with aboriginal artifacts suggest archeological potential.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival detail combined with Federal and traditional forms; side-hall plan","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good. The house is unoccupied since the death of the last family resident, though some repairs have been made to stabilize it and the surrounding land is still farmed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.053147-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/7206/47720648/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001718.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001718/e7b479ee99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001718/e7b479ee99-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Surfdog1993","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heptinstall_Place_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Surfdog1993</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heptinstall_Place_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720648","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmunds-Heptinstall_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/halifax-county/edmunds-heptinstall-house-79001718/"}