{"nrhp_refnum":"82003440","name":"Stone, Joseph B., House","other_names":["Stone-Fearrington House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1008","address_restricted":false,"city":"Farrington","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.77987591600004,"lon":-79.00660364099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame plantation house on a knoll east of the New Hope River near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina, built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century and also known as the Stone-Fearrington House.","why_significant":"The house is an unusually intact example of vernacular architecture combining Georgian and Federal elements in a local idiom. It is notable for its panelled front entrance wall with both single and double-leaf doors and for largely unpainted original woodwork. It is also tied to the antebellum plantation economy of the piedmont and to the locally prominent Stone and Fearrington families.","narrative":"Set on a knoll about half a mile east of the New Hope River in Chatham County, this two-story frame house was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century as a piedmont plantation dwelling. Its single-pile center-hall plan, Federal-style end chimneys and Georgian mantels give it a blend of two styles in a local vernacular. The front entrance is its most unusual feature, with single and double-leaf doors set in a wall of oiled panelling beneath the porch roof. Inside, heavy wainscot and sheathing remain unpainted. Joseph B. Stone, a planter who in 1860 owned 19 slaves and over 1,200 acres, lived here and helped found the New Hope Academy. His descendants, the Fearringtons, kept the house into the twentieth century; Ex. Fearrington added a rear kitchen ell and a barn. The property was later restored, and an eighteenth-century house was moved onto the site. It is listed for its architectural integrity and its link to the local plantation economy.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian-Federal transitional vernacular (I-house form)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and restored in 1969; occupied as a private residence, with plans to use it as a showplace for antiques.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.795627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7195/47719539/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003440.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003440/7d7d5902a0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003440/7d7d5902a0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"KimWrenn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_B_Stone_House_SR_1008_Farrington_Rd_Chatham_Co_NC_DSCN3319.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KimWrenn</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_B_Stone_House_SR_1008_Farrington_Rd_Chatham_Co_NC_DSCN3319.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719539","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B._Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158507"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/stone-joseph-b-house-82003440/"}