{"nrhp_refnum":"80002836","name":"Beeson, Col. Isaac, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Colfax","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colfax","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.07487732200008,"lon":-80.02203978699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal style farmhouse of about 1790 (bricks on the site are dated 1787) on the north side of SR 1854 southeast of Colfax, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built for Isaac Beeson, a Quaker landowner, and has a one-story brick wing on its west end.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of a medieval-derived three-room \"Quaker plan\" overlaid with robust Federal details that keep a Georgian feel. It is a notable survival in a Piedmont region dominated by German and Moravian building forms, and its interior woodwork is unusually rich and well preserved. The site may also yield information about rural life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.","narrative":"Southeast of Colfax in rolling Guilford County farmland, this two-story brick house dates to about 1790, with bricks on the property marked 1787. Isaac Beeson, a Quaker who moved from Virginia in 1758 and became a prominent landowner raising livestock and grain, built it. The house follows the three-room Quaker plan, with a large room on one side and two small rooms on the other, under a gable roof with exterior end chimneys. Its Federal detailing is sturdy and still carries a Georgian feel. Inside, tripartite mantels, chair rails, and marbleized and wood-grained painted surfaces survive in notable condition. A one-story brick wing was added at the west end. The 1886 Charleston earthquake split the east wall, and iron rods were installed to hold it together. Later owners included planters and tobacco farmers. The house is valued as a Piedmont example of vernacular building shaped by sophisticated design sources, set apart from the German and Moravian forms common nearby.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Isaac Beeson, builder; the identity of the actual builder is stated as unknown","architectural_style":"Federal (Quaker plan; late Georgian-early Federal)","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Private residence, occupied; altered by a replaced front door, a 20th-century porch, concrete sills and added steel beams, but on its original site and in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.592926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7204/47720492/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002836.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720492","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._Isaac_Beeson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460440"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/beeson-col-isaac-house-80002836/"}