{"nrhp_refnum":"82003433","name":"Liberty Hall","other_names":["Outlaw House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 1108","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windsor","county":"Bertie County","state":"NC","lat":35.88321308900004,"lon":-77.05218287599996,"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":"Liberty Hall is a two-story frame house on a high brick basement, set in a large shaded yard in the Grabtown community of Bertie County, North Carolina, facing secondary road NC 1108. The nomination states it is thought to have been built by John P. Rascoe shortly before the Civil War, with S. L. Pennoyer as contractor by family tradition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the exterior is a rare example of Italianate architecture in a county where Greek Revival was dominant, and that it is the largest antebellum dwelling remaining in Bertie County. It is associated with the planter John P. Rascoe and his son-in-law Capt. Edward R. Outlaw, a Civil War officer and local public servant, and the house is considered likely to yield information about a large plantation household.","narrative":"Built in the years just before the Civil War, Liberty Hall is a two-story frame house on a high brick basement, standing in a yard shaded by live oaks in rural Bertie County. Its exterior, with narrow paired four-over-four sash, a hipped-roof porch on six paneled box columns and a wide molded cornice, reflects the Italianate style, which is rare in a county dominated by Greek Revival building. The interior has a center hall plan, plaster medallions, and Greek Revival woodwork. Local tradition credits carpenter S. L. Pennoyer as contractor, and the house was built for planter John P. Rascoe, who owned 1,592 acres and 88 enslaved workers in 1860. Later it was the home of his son-in-law, Capt. Edward R. Outlaw, a Civil War company captain who afterward served as county commissioner, sheriff and state legislator. It is regarded as the largest antebellum dwelling remaining in the county.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"S. L. Pennoyer (builder)","architectural_style":"Italianate (exterior) with Greek Revival interior woodwork","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"The house is described as dilapidated but basically sound, with a rear portico that recently collapsed; the basement floors have largely rotted away.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.710646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7190/47719053/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003433.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719053","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Hall_(Windsor,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153581"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bertie-county/liberty-hall-82003433/"}