{"nrhp_refnum":"83001902","name":"Henry-Vernon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Bushy Fork on NC 49","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bushy Fork","county":"Person County","state":"NC","lat":36.29949618550006,"lon":-79.10408446006248,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part frame farmhouse on a gentle rise southwest of Bushy Fork in Person County, North Carolina. The Greek Revival main block was built in 1854, and a Queen Anne style wing was added to the front about 1896.","why_significant":"The house is little altered and shows how Greek Revival and Queen Anne forms were used on substantial but unpretentious piedmont farmhouses. It is tied to tobacco farming in the nineteenth century and to John H. Henry, a large tobacco planter. It is also tied to Charles R. Vernon and his four sons, who became leaders in law, psychiatry, medicine and teaching.","narrative":"Set on a gentle rise in the rolling piedmont of southwest Person County, this farmhouse has two distinct parts. The main block, a two-story frame Greek Revival house, was built in 1854 for John H. Henry, one of the county's largest tobacco growers. It has a center-hall plan, end chimneys, pedimented gable ends and a fluted door surround with sidelights. About 1896 a two-story Queen Anne wing with a three-sided bay and bracketed cornice was added to the front, after the property passed to Henry's niece Corinna Henry Vernon and her husband Charles R. Vernon, a progressive farmer. Their four sons became a lawyer and legislator, a psychiatrist, a physician and an educator. Eight outbuildings stand to the west, including two log tobacco barns. The house was listed for its link to tobacco farming, its association with the Henry and Vernon families, and its well-preserved examples of nineteenth-century piedmont architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and unaltered. The present owners are restoring it and use it occasionally as a vacation home, with part used for office space and storage. The form also lists it as unoccupied, a vacant house and storage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.582692-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7217/47721761/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001902.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001902/451f132ff6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001902/451f132ff6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry-Vernon_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry-Vernon_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721761","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry-Vernon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868118"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/person-county/henry-vernon-house-83001902/"}