{"nrhp_refnum":"82003431","name":"Elmwood","other_names":["Watson-Mardre House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Windsor on SR 1101","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windsor","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":36.007748267500034,"lon":-76.97981487612445,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Elmwood (also called the Watson-Mardre House) is a two-story frame antebellum plantation house on the west side of SR 1101, west of Windsor in Bertie County, North Carolina. The older Federal section was built before 1836, and a Greek Revival addition followed between 1838 and 1863.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Elmwood is an intact example of a moderate-sized antebellum plantation home in eastern North Carolina, with simple vernacular Federal and Greek Revival trim. It reflects the needs and tastes of a prosperous agricultural family. It is also linked to the Watson and Mardre families, especially John Watson, Jr., a long-time Justice of the Peace, and may yield information on the plantation economy.","narrative":"Elmwood is a two-story frame plantation house in the countryside west of Windsor, set back from an unpaved road in a yard of old elms. The oldest part, a side-hall plan house with simple Federal trim, was probably built by planter and Justice of the Peace John Watson, Jr., before his death in 1836. His son Thomas C. Watson added a Greek Revival section, creating a center-hall plan two rooms deep. Census records show Thomas Watson as a planter of moderate means who grew corn and a large cotton crop by county standards. George L. Mardre bought the plantation in 1863, and the Mardre family lived there until about 1909. The house then served as a tenant dwelling until restoration began in 1977. The kitchen and dairy survive behind the house, and the property remains the center of a 700-acre farm. It was listed as a representative example of the substantial but modestly detailed plantation home that housed most southern planter families.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival (vernacular)","criteria":["A","B","D"],"status_note":"Under restoration after many years as a tenant dwelling; condition marked excellent and the house is occupied as a private residence at the center of a 700-acre working farm.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.402758-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7190/47719055/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003431.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719055","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_(Windsor,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149862"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/elmwood-82003431/"}