{"nrhp_refnum":"82003430","name":"Pineview","other_names":["Browne House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 1249","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roxobel","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":36.195356322000066,"lon":-77.23293021299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pineview is a three-bay, two-story antebellum house with a hall-and-parlor plan and rear ell, set on a farm on the outskirts of Roxobel in Bertie County, North Carolina, together with several outbuildings including an office, smokehouse, kitchen and dairy. It was built in 1838.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a remarkably intact and handsome example of a middle-class antebellum plantation home, with Federal-style interiors, original hardware and family furniture retained. It also cites its builder, Joshua Brown, a carpenter-farmer, and the surviving typical plantation complex of main house and dependencies as reasons for significance.","narrative":"Pineview is a two-story, three-bay farmhouse on the edge of Roxobel in Bertie County, North Carolina, built in 1838 by Joshua Brown, a carpenter-farmer who also served as a small planter in his community. The house has a hall-and-parlor plan with a rear ell and retains its beaded siding, molded cornerposts and architrave trim. Its interiors keep original pine flooring, raised six-panel doors, sheathed wainscoting and mantels with pilasters and molded shelves, and the family has kept the original paint colors. The yard holds a smokehouse of dovetailed plank construction, an office building, a kitchen and a dairy, which together show the arrangement of a typical antebellum plantation complex. The house has been the home of the Browne family since its construction and remains the center of a working farm of 225 acres. Its significance rests on its intact interiors and its representation of rural antebellum life in eastern North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1838","architect_builder":"Joshua Brown","architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal architecture (late Federal style)","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Home of the Browne family since 1838; continues as the center of a 225-acre working farm.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.543613-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7190/47719038/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003430.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003430/0ebd4edf35-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003430/0ebd4edf35-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jmbrowne3","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineview_Snow_2018.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jmbrowne3</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineview_Snow_2018.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719038","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineview_(Roxobel,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18156852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/pineview-82003430/"}