{"nrhp_refnum":"80002904","name":"Sledge-Hayley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Frankin and Hayley Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Warrenton","county":"Warren County","state":"NC","lat":36.39779439500006,"lon":-78.16003293199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house on a raised brick basement at the southwest corner of Franklin and Hayley streets on the edge of Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina, built between 1852 and 1855 for merchant George R. Sledge.","why_significant":"The house is a largely intact example of Warrenton's antebellum Greek Revival architecture, with a columned porch, second-level gallery entrance and simple woodwork, but with an unusual plan arranged around a central chimney. It is also associated with merchant George R. Sledge and with Paul F. Hayley, a former slave who became a teacher and civil servant and a prominent figure in Warrenton's black community.","narrative":"Built between 1852 and 1855 for Warrenton merchant George R. Sledge, this two-story frame house sits on a raised brick basement at the edge of town, just outside the Warrenton Historic District. Its shallow hip roof, columned entrance porch, second-level door opening to a porch gallery and plain, strong woodwork reflect the Greek Revival houses of the town's antebellum boom. The plan is unusual: a small entry hall, a front room reached only through a rear room, and a single central chimney heating the two large rear rooms. Much original fabric survives, including marbleized baseboards and mantels. In 1901 the house was bought by Nancy S. Hayley, wife of Paul F. Hayley, who was born a slave, became a teacher and railway mail clerk, and was a leading black citizen. Later his son-in-law, Dr. Thomas W. Haywood, the county's only black doctor for over fifty years, lived here. The house is in disrepair, though intact.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Little altered but in some disrepair; the owner's family seeks to rehabilitate it and has made efforts at stabilization.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.690724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7227/47722722/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002904.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002904/432d426f39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002904/432d426f39-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sledge-Hayley_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sledge-Hayley_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722722","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledge-Hayley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073822"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/warren-county/sledge-hayley-house-80002904/"}