{"nrhp_refnum":"80002890","name":"Machaven","other_names":["Hines House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306, S. Grace St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rocky Mount","county":"Nash County","state":"NC","lat":35.94070991800004,"lon":-77.80275865299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Machaven is a 2 1/2 story brick Neo-classical Revival house at 306 South Grace Street in Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina, built 1907-1908 and designed by architect Harry P. S. Keller of Raleigh. It sits on a half-acre lot enclosed by a brick wall.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the very few surviving grand mansions built at the turn of the century for the businessmen who drove Rocky Mount's growth. It is a well-preserved, architect-designed example of Colonial and Neo-classical Revival domestic architecture. It is also tied to J. W. Hines, an ice manufacturer called the 'ice king' of the state, and to Keller.","narrative":"Machaven is a two-and-a-half-story brick house at 306 South Grace Street in Rocky Mount, completed in 1908 to designs by Raleigh architect Harry P. S. Keller. It has a hipped slate roof, a monumental portico with paired Doric columns, a fanlighted front door and a Palladian window on the Nash Street side. Inside, a central hall with a straight staircase serves rooms finished in Colonial Revival style, with classical mantels and cornices. A brick wall encloses the half-acre grounds, which include a formal garden and a former barn now used as a garage. James Williams Hines, an ice manufacturer and civic leader, built the house for his wife, Mary Matilda MacEntyre Hines, reportedly as a near replica of her family's home in Rutherfordton. Few of the large columned mansions that once lined Rocky Mount's residential streets survive. Machaven is valued as a well-preserved, documented example of that era, linked to the city's commercial growth and to an architect better known for later commercial and school buildings.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"Harry P. S. Keller","architectural_style":"Neo-classical Revival / Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, unaltered and on its original site, occupied as a private residence; changes to the structure have been insignificant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.363212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7214/47721484/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002890.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002890/92866d1530-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002890/92866d1530-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machaven_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machaven_front.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99001368","name":"Villa Place Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/villa-place-historic-district-99001368/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaven","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986888"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/nash-county/machaven-80002890/"}