{"nrhp_refnum":"83001891","name":"Myrick-Yeates-Vaughan House","other_names":["Yeates-Vaughan Hs.","Uriah Vaughan,Jr. Hs.","Sarah Vaughan Hs."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"327 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Murfreesboro","county":"Hertford County","state":"NC","lat":36.44221091600008,"lon":-77.10545267599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-plan frame dwelling at 327 West Main Street in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. A Federal-style rear section was later joined by a two-story Greek Revival front section completed by May 1855 and built by Albert Gamaliel Jones.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest surviving example of Albert Gamaliel Jones' Greek Revival houses in Murfreesboro, and notes it has changed little since his remodeling. Its gold-trimmed wood-grain painting survives and is the only example in town. It is also tied to Murfreesboro's prosperity and to Lewis Meredith Cowper and Congressman Jesse J. Yeates.","narrative":"Located on West Main Street in Murfreesboro, this house combines two building periods. The earlier rear section is a Federal-style raised cottage with porches on three sides. In the early 1850s Dr. Thomas N. Myrick had Warren County builder Albert Gamaliel Jones add a two-story Greek Revival front, completed by May 1855. It has a pedimented portico, tripartite windows, bull's-eye corner blocks and spool-turned cornerboards. Inside, the first-floor rooms have Italianate marble mantels, molded plaster ceilings and gold-trimmed wood-grain painting, which survives and is described as unique in town. The house is considered the best surviving example of Jones' Greek Revival work in Murfreesboro. Its occupants were prominent: Lewis Meredith Cowper, longtime county clerk of court; Jesse J. Yeates, a U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1881; and merchant Uriah Vaughan Jr., whose family owned it until the late 1970s. A store building and a story-and-a-half dependency remain on the lot.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Albert Gamaliel Jones","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (with earlier Federal-style rear section)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Undergoing renovation after years of neglect; the portico columns were removed for restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.594179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7208/47720881/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001891.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrick%E2%80%93Yeates%E2%80%93Vaughan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/hertford-county/myrick-yeates-vaughan-house-83001891/"}