{"nrhp_refnum":"82003459","name":"Hillsdale Brick Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 150 and SR 2347","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsdale","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.20106794900005,"lon":-79.84731205104126,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick country general store at the northwest corner of NC 150 and SR 2347 in the crossroads community of Hillsdale, northern Guilford County, North Carolina, built shortly before the Civil War.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is probably the most architecturally significant rural store in the county, showing the shift from domestic to commercial building forms with Greek Revival detailing. It served for over a century as a business and social center and represents vanishing country general stores. Its woodgrained trim and smoked ceiling add interest, and remains of a log icehouse and blacksmith shop may yield information.","narrative":"Built shortly before the Civil War at a crossroads in northern Guilford County, the Hillsdale Brick Store is a two-story, two-by-three bay brick building whose form blends house and shop. Its low hip roof, triple molded cornice and six-over-six windows reflect Greek Revival styling, while irregular first-floor doors and windows give it a business-like look. Inside, a German or Quaker house plan was adapted to create a wide commercial hall supported by chamfered posts, with a meeting room upstairs that likely served Masonic and neighborhood gatherings. Woodgrained doors and a smoked, swirl-patterned ceiling in one small room are unusual survivals. The store was probably built by planter Archibald Bevill and was later run by the Bevill, Florance and other merchants until about 1962. For more than a century it served as a business and social center, and it is regarded as a rare surviving example of the rural general stores once common across North Carolina. Remains of a log icehouse and blacksmith shop also survive.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival details on an adapted German or Quaker house plan","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied and used for storage; described as structurally sound and relatively unaltered. The store ceased operating after 1962.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.624125-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7205/47720550/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003459.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720550","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_Brick_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462318"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/hillsdale-brick-store-82003459/"}