{"nrhp_refnum":"80002819","name":"Culong","other_names":["Ferebee, Thomas Cooper, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Shawboro on SR 1147","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shawboro","county":"Currituck County","state":"NC","lat":36.36834594200005,"lon":-76.0715898488545,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Culong is a two-story frame house with attic near Shawboro in southern Currituck County, North Carolina, on a farm of 130 acres, three miles south of Shawboro. It was built in 1812 for Thomas Cooper Ferebee, Sr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the earliest surviving structures in Currituck County and one of the few stylish houses there. It is described as an example of the gable-end, cross-hall house form important in northeastern North Carolina, and it is the only one of four surviving related houses not severely altered from its original design. Its connection to the prominent Ferebee family and to Thomas Cooper Ferebee's political career is also cited.","narrative":"Built in 1812 near Shawboro, Culong is a two-story frame house with attic, three bays by three, on a rise about fifty yards from the road. Thomas Cooper Ferebee, Sr., a member of a prominent Currituck County family, had it built on a farm first settled by his father, William Ferebee. Its gable-end form, with the ends facing the front and rear, and its cross-hall plan are regarded as important in the architectural development of the state. The house has a Federal style interior, with fluted mantels, painted juniper wainscoting, and a basement of brick laid in English bond that is rare in this damp coastal county. Culong is one of the few early houses surviving in Currituck County and is the only one of four related houses built by Ferebee relatives that has not been severely altered. Ferebee served in the colonial assembly and the state legislature, and the property was later used as a plantation and then a truck farm. Its cypress weatherboarding was replaced with aluminum siding in 1971, but the trim was largely preserved.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied by the Forbes family, who renovated the house; the exterior was covered in aluminum siding in 1971 and a 1946 storm destroyed part of a rear wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.353958-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7198/47719855/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002819.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002819/b4f7a265a4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002819/b4f7a265a4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Culong_in_Currituck_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Culong_in_Currituck_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719855","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culong","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/currituck-county/culong-80002819/"}