{"nrhp_refnum":"82003439","name":"Grandy, Caleb, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 1145","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belcross","county":"Camden County","state":"NC","lat":36.35167598450005,"lon":-76.16585523715133,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small late-Georgian, story-and-a-half frame dwelling near Belcross in Camden County, North Carolina, built by Caleb Grandy in the middle to late 1780s and expanded in 1787, on 57.28 acres that were once part of a 1,200-acre plantation.","why_significant":"The house is one of very few small, typical late eighteenth-century story-and-a-half hall-and-parlor plan dwellings left in Camden County, which has lost most of its earliest buildings. It is also tied to Caleb Grandy, a prominent planter who served as representative, commissioner and sheriff. The site may also yield information about late eighteenth and nineteenth century lifestyles.","narrative":"Near Belcross in Camden County, North Carolina, the Caleb Grandy House is a small story-and-a-half frame dwelling with a hall-and-parlor plan, built in the middle to late 1780s. Massive paved, double-shouldered chimneys stand at the gable ends, and the front doorway sits off-center, features typical of early tidewater homes. A brick in the rear chimney bears the date 1787, when Grandy expanded the house with a shed addition. Grandy was a large landowner who served as a representative, commissioner and sheriff in early Camden County. The house later passed through many owners, including architect Frank Dawson, who restored it in the 1940s. Some finish materials are replacements, but the form, plan and chimneys remain intact. It is recognized as one of very few late eighteenth-century houses of its type left in a county that has lost most of its earliest architecture. The property may also hold archaeological evidence of earlier daily life.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Built by Caleb Grandy; restored in the 1940s by architect Frank Dawson","architectural_style":"Late Georgian","criteria":["B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in excellent condition and restored in the 1940s, with later alterations and additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.480003-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7194/47719409/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003439/f242b2d9eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003439/f242b2d9eb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caleb_Grandy_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caleb_Grandy_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719409","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Grandy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18151011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/camden-county/grandy-caleb-house-82003439/"}