{"nrhp_refnum":"82003432","name":"Freeman Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"York and Granville Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windsor","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":35.999278384000036,"lon":-76.94484337499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay frame hotel building in Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina, probably built in the 1840s in the Greek Revival style. It was moved in 1981 to a town-owned lot on York Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the best example of mature Greek Revival architecture in Windsor and one of fewer than twenty surviving antebellum buildings in the town. It also represents the small-town hotels once common in eastern North Carolina from the mid-nineteenth century until the automobile age. It operated as a hotel from about 1888 until 1936 under merchant S. P. Freeman.","narrative":"This large two-story frame building in Windsor, North Carolina, was probably built in the 1840s and shows clear Greek Revival character: wide proportions, large nine-over-six and nine-over-nine windows with fluted trim and cornerblocks, fanlighted gables, and a double portico with seven fluted columns on each level. Its original purpose is unknown. From about 1888 until 1936 it served as a hotel with eight bedrooms, a bar room and two dining rooms, run by merchant Samuel P. Freeman and later under the names Commercial House and Hotel Pearl. It later became rental apartments. In 1981 it was moved to a town-owned lot on York Street to save it. The town agreed to restore the exterior and rebuild the portico, while keeping original floors, stairs, Greek Revival trim and pressed-tin walls and ceilings inside. It is valued as Windsor's finest Greek Revival building and a rare surviving small-town hotel.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Moved in 1981 to a town-owned lot; the Town of Windsor plans to restore the exterior and adapt the interior as office space for the Chamber of Commerce. Condition is listed as fair and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.7332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7190/47719061/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003432.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003146","name":"Windsor Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/windsor-historic-district-86003146/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719061","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Hotel_(Windsor,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18150475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/freeman-hotel-82003432/"}