{"nrhp_refnum":"82001305","name":"Hall Family House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Bear Poplar on NC 801","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bear Poplar","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.68088831600005,"lon":-80.66518944951667,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival farmhouse and farm complex with about ten outbuildings in the Bear Poplar community of western Rowan County, North Carolina, on the south side of Sherrill's Ford Road. The house was built in 1856-1857 for Major Newberry Franklin Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, well-finished example of Greek Revival domestic architecture in the Piedmont, with interior detail drawn partly from Asher Benjamin's pattern books. It also argues the property is tied to the Hall family's dairy and farming operations, begun around 1879, and to Hall's public and church service in the 1850s and 1860s.","narrative":"Two-story frame farmhouse in the Bear Poplar community of western Rowan County, North Carolina, built in 1856-1857 for planter Newberry Franklin Hall. Local tradition attributes its construction to carpenter James G. Graham, who is also credited with two other houses in the area. The interior retains its original flush board sheathing, molded surrounds and mantels, several of which draw on plates from Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter. Hall, a Presbyterian elder at Thyatira Church, served three consecutive terms in the North Carolina House of Commons from 1856 to 1861. The property is significant for its Greek Revival interior finish and for its association with the family's dairy operation, begun around 1879 by Hall's sons and still continuing on the farm. The complex includes a restored log smokehouse and a triple-pen log barn, which is thought to date from the same period as the house.","period_of_significance":"1856-1857","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"In use as a working dairy farm and family residence","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.942109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/7220/47722074/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001305/4ff3550aa4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001305/4ff3550aa4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ncpappy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-09-28_18-03-51_306_hall_family_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ncpappy</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-09-28_18-03-51_306_hall_family_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Family_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19878610"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/hall-family-house-82001305/"}