{"nrhp_refnum":"82001299","name":"King-Casper-Ward-Bazemore House","other_names":["Cling Bazemore House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Ahoskie on NC 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ahoskie","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.27722713400004,"lon":-77.05035652499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay Federal-period frame house in Hertford County, North Carolina, originally built in Bertie County and moved in 1980 to a rural site west of Ahoskie. It is believed to have been built by Henry Slade King before his death in 1805.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture rather than its past occupants. Its scalloped porch trim, fretwork cornice, and reeded interior woodwork are attributed to the Bunch family of carpenter-builders who worked in Bertie County from the late eighteenth century until the Civil War. It is described as an important example of this Bertie County vernacular school because it is mostly intact.","narrative":"A two-story, three-bay frame house of the Federal period, the King-Casper-Ward-Bazemore House was probably built by Henry Slade King before his death in 1805 on a Bertie County plantation. Thomas Casper bought the property in 1810, and it stayed with the Casper family until 1886, when Littleton T. Ward acquired it. Its exterior retains original beaded siding, architrave trim, nine-over-nine and six-over-six sash, and a shed porch on tapered sawn posts. Inside, the hall-and-parlor plan was altered when a partition created a center hall, and the house keeps raised six-panel doors and molded, reeded woodwork. The woodwork is linked to the Bunch family of carpenters, who worked in Bertie County from the late eighteenth century until the Civil War. In 1980 the house was moved to a rural site in Hertford County, where restoration was planned. It is regarded as an important surviving example of this regional vernacular tradition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Bunch family (carpenter/builders)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Moved in 1980 to a rural site in Hertford County; the chimneys, porch and part of the second floor were removed for the move, and restoration was under way.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.862876-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/7208/47720857/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001299.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720857","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Casper-Ward-Bazemore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/king-casper-ward-bazemore-house-82001299/"}