{"nrhp_refnum":"82003467","name":"Brookland","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Flat Rock on SR 1863","address_restricted":false,"city":"Flat Rock","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.30284575300004,"lon":-82.44903280099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brookland is a two-story frame summer house on about 9.5 acres east of Balsam Road (SR 1863) near Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836 and later expanded and altered, with several outbuildings on the grounds.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest nineteenth century summer houses of the low-country South Carolinians and Georgians who made Flat Rock a mountain retreat. It keeps its original late Federal/early Greek Revival form beside later Colonial Revival additions. It is tied to prominent Charleston and Savannah owners and to the growth of Flat Rock as a resort community.","narrative":"Brookland is a two-story frame house on about nine and a half acres near Flat Rock, built in 1836 for Charleston businessman Charles Edmonston. It is among the finest summer houses raised by low-country Carolinians and Georgians escaping coastal heat in the mountains. The house keeps its late Federal and early Greek Revival massing, plan, doors and mantels, while later owners added Colonial Revival features such as a pedimented central pavilion, deep porches and pebbledash walls applied in 1892. Edmund Molyneux, British consul at Savannah, bought it in 1841 and ran a model farm. Major Theodore G. Barker acquired it in 1882, named the estate, and became the county's largest landowner. Henry Ficken's family kept it as a summer home after 1917. Outbuildings including a servants' quarters, garden house, garage and former carbide gas house remain. The property was recognized for its link to Flat Rock's resort history, its prominent owners, and its layered architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1836, 1880s & 1890s)","architect_builder":"Charles Edmonston","architectural_style":"Late Federal/early Greek Revival with Colonial Revival alterations and additions","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence, in excellent condition, and described as well maintained and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.003326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7208/47720823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003467.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720823","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookland_(Flat_Rock,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460683"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/brookland-82003467/"}