{"nrhp_refnum":"84000117","name":"Endsley-Morgan House","other_names":["Reuben Starbuck House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 421","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colfax","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.12331426000003,"lon":-80.01388304399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, single-pile brick farmhouse near Colfax in northwest Guilford County, North Carolina, probably built between 1780 and 1792 by Andrew Endsley, with a later frame rear ell and two moved log buildings.","why_significant":"It is one of the few eighteenth-century buildings surviving in Guilford County and one of the oldest of fourteen late eighteenth and early nineteenth century brick houses that represent the county's early building traditions. It shows Flemish bond brickwork, a three-room Quaker plan and first-floor corner fireplaces. It is also tied to the settlement of the county and the migration of Quakers from the northeast.","narrative":"Set among tall trees in the rolling piedmont countryside near Colfax, this two-story brick house was probably built between 1780 and 1792 by Andrew Endsley, one of the Quakers who moved to western Guilford County from Nantucket. Its main block is one room deep, with two end chimneys, a side gable roof and Flemish bond brickwork with glazed headers. Inside, a three-room Quaker plan and two corner fireplaces sharing the east chimney are the most important surviving features. Later owners altered it, including the Morgan family, who owned it for over fifty years after 1896, and the Pattersons, who rehabilitated it in the 1950s. Two log buildings moved to the property in the twentieth century stand behind it. The house was listed because it is among the oldest of fourteen early brick houses that best represent Guilford County's early architecture, and because it reflects Quaker settlement in the area. Its key original elements outweigh the alterations.","period_of_significance":"1780-1792","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect unknown (probably built by Andrew Endsley)","architectural_style":"Quaker plan, Flemish bond brick house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the grounds include a log building used as a pottery studio and another used for display of pottery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.131966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7205/47720536/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000117.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endsley-Morgan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/endsley-morgan-house-84000117/"}