{"nrhp_refnum":"80002808","name":"Athol","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Edenton on SR 1114","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edenton","county":"Chowan County","state":"NC","lat":36.012205978000054,"lon":-76.56014692699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Athol is a two-story-plus-attic, T-shaped Greek Revival plantation house of weatherboarded frame construction, located southeast of Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1840s for planter Joshua Skinner by an unidentified builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Athol is an outstanding regional interpretation of the Greek Revival, with a colossal Roman Ionic portico and double side porches. It belongs to a group of related Albemarle houses tied to the Skinner family, with details drawn from Asher Benjamin's pattern books. It also represents the region's antebellum plantation economy and may yield archaeological information.","narrative":"Athol is a Greek Revival plantation house near Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina, built in the 1840s for planter Joshua Skinner. The weatherboarded frame house has a T-shaped plan, with a five-bay main block fronted by a colossal portico of unfluted Roman Ionic columns. The rear wing has two-tier side porches and a balustrade in a sheaf-of-wheat pattern. Inside, a center hall opens through an elliptical arch to a transverse stair hall. Its builder remains unidentified. Athol is closely related to Cove Grove, Land's End and the Edmund Blount Skinner House, a group of Albemarle houses linked by family and style, with details traced to Asher Benjamin's pattern books. Skinner farmed more than 1,300 acres and held 68 slaves in 1850. The property later passed through several owners and was taken for a Marine Corps Air Station in 1942. Roughly eight acres remain with the house, which is still lived in as a private home.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; only about eight acres of the original plantation remain with the house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.93653-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7195/47719593/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002808.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002808/d7f6c7efba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002808/d7f6c7efba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"1940-06-05","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athol,_State_Route_1114,_Edenton_vicinity_(Chowan_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">1940-06-05</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athol,_State_Route_1114,_Edenton_vicinity_(Chowan_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719593","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athol_(Edenton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18355272"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chowan-county/athol-80002808/"}