{"nrhp_refnum":"84000541","name":"Bryson, Albert Swain, House","other_names":["Hall in the Pines"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Pine Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklin","county":"Macon County","state":"NC","lat":35.18412215800004,"lon":-83.37638726199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick and frame house known locally as \"Hall in the Pines,\" on the west side of Pine Lane in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina. It was built around 1875 (probably between 1875 and 1878) for Albert Swain Bryson.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a rare western North Carolina example of a vernacular brick house combining Gothic and Italianate features of the Romantic Revival. Its walnut interior woodwork is described as exceptional. Bryson was a prominent Franklin citizen, and the house reflected his standing in the community.","narrative":"Known locally as \"Hall in the Pines,\" this brick and frame house sits on a rise above Franklin's Main Street in Macon County, North Carolina. Built around 1875 for Albert Swain Bryson, a merchant, farmer, mica miner, contractor and local magistrate, it combines Gothic and Italianate details in a vernacular Romantic Revival design. Tradition holds that an English cabinetmaker built it from plans modeled on a house in Buffalo, New York, and that the builders fired their own bricks on the property. The two-story main block has a tall hipped roof with broad gables, pedimented windows, bracketed eaves and a two-story front porch. Inside, a center-hall plan includes walnut woodwork, a paneled staircase and Italianate mantels. A 1960s rear addition copies the original details closely. The house is considered significant as a rare western North Carolina example of this style mix, and for its high-quality interior woodwork.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1875","architect_builder":"Unknown (tradition credits an English cabinetmaker, with Albert Bryson as a contractor)","architectural_style":"Romantic Revival (vernacular blend of Gothic and Italianate details)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition; altered by 1960s rear addition and porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.408421-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7211/47721116/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000541.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000541/66c9ed5aa0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000541/66c9ed5aa0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Swain_Bryson_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Swain_Bryson_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721116","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Swain_Bryson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17986133"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/macon-county/bryson-albert-swain-house-84000541/"}