{"nrhp_refnum":"80002835","name":"Clifton House and Mill Site","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1103","address_restricted":false,"city":"Royal","county":"Franklin County","state":"NC","lat":36.00337804900005,"lon":-78.34704124355824,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex in Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, with a mid-19th-century Greek Revival/Italianate farmhouse, an earlier rear dwelling, outbuildings, a miller's house and the ruins and dam of a gristmill on Crooked Creek, across about 245 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm and mill survive as a notable example of nineteenth-century rural life, showing how farming and milling worked together. The house shows the influence of Warrenton builder Jacob Holt and contrasts with an earlier log-built rear section. The Clifton family were locally prominent farmers and millers, and the mill site may yield information on milling practices.","narrative":"Clifton House and Mill Site is a farm complex near Royal in Franklin County, North Carolina, set on about 245 acres along Crooked Creek. The white frame house has a hip roof and a two-story pedimented porch, with Greek Revival form and Italianate and Gothic touches. Behind it stands an older, probably log-built dwelling, along with a kitchen, smokehouse, tenant house and a miller's house. Across the road are the ruins of the mill, including a stone dam, foundations and some machinery. A mill operated on this tract in the late 1700s, and the Clifton family farmed and milled here from the 1830s. Thomas Turner Clifton likely built the front of the house in the 1850s, and the mill later added a cotton gin and sawmill. It also served as a community gathering place. The property was listed for its link to agriculture and milling, the locally prominent Clifton family, its architecture, and its potential to yield information on milling.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (boxes checked for 1800-1899 and 1900-)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate and Gothic accents (described as vernacular Italianate); influence of builder Jacob W. Holt","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"The house and outbuildings are in need of repair but could be reclaimed; the mill is in ruins, though the stone dam is in good condition. The form says the owners plan a careful rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.406202-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7203/47720308/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002835.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720308","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_House_and_Mill_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461054"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/franklin-county/clifton-house-and-mill-site-80002835/"}