{"nrhp_refnum":"82003450","name":"Vinedale","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of NC 42/43 and SR 1122","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pinetops","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.78078024100006,"lon":-77.60560892699993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Vinedale is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile plantation house near the small community of Pinetops in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, built about 1855 as the center of an agricultural complex. Outbuildings include a pack house, sheep shelter and garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house blends Italianate villa features with Greek Revival plan and detailing, making it a rare rural example of the villa mode among planters of the 1850s. It is also associated with John A. Vine, a prominent planter and Confederate captain, and its outbuildings are considered likely to yield information about antebellum farm life.","narrative":"Built about 1855 near Pinetops in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Vinedale was the center of a prosperous agricultural complex. The two-story, three-bay, double-pile house has a low hipped standing seam tin roof, a one-story porch wrapping four sides, sawn-work piers, and a cupola with curved window heads. Inside, plaster ceiling medallions, panels and crown moldings decorate the front hall and main parlors, while the simpler window frames, six-over-six sashes and recessed panel doors recall the Greek Revival. The house was built by John A. Vine, a well-to-do planter, and is regarded as an elegant, simplified version of the Italianate villas then appearing in Tarboro. Its significance rests on its architecture, on its ties to Vine, a Confederate captain, and on its outbuildings, which may yield information about nineteenth-century plantation life in the county.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate with Greek Revival elements","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered; the house is described as cool, gracious and restrained, and the back porch once served as a commissary for tenants.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.766009-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7200/47720094/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003450.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720094","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinedale","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/vinedale-82003450/"}