{"nrhp_refnum":"84000552","name":"Sherrod Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W side of NC 125/903","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Martin County","state":"NC","lat":35.92558943700004,"lon":-77.20806788693338,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 140-acre farm with a two-story frame farmhouse and outbuildings, on the west side of NC 125/903 near Hamilton in northwest Martin County, North Carolina. The house has a Federal core of about 1815-1825 and was later expanded in the Greek Revival style.","why_significant":"The house shows how an early dwelling was repeatedly enlarged, combining Federal form with an exuberant vernacular Greek Revival portico. It is tied to the Sherrod family, who owned it from 1843 to 1952, and to John J. Sherrod, one of Martin County's largest antebellum farmers. It also illustrates the plantation-based agricultural economy of eastern North Carolina, and the surrounding grounds may hold archaeological information.","narrative":"Sherrod Farm is a 140-acre agricultural property near Hamilton in northwest Martin County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story weatherboarded farmhouse built in stages. The oldest part appears to be the rear wing, probably an early nineteenth-century Georgian-style house of one or one-and-a-half stories. The main section is a five-bay, center-hall Federal block from the first quarter of the century, with double-shoulder chimneys and fine period woodwork. After John J. Sherrod bought the property in 1843, a small pedimented Greek Revival portico with Ionic capitals and oversized volutes was probably added. Later in the century the family raised the rear wing to two stories and added a side porch with chamfered posts and latticework brackets. John Sherrod farmed thousands of acres with enslaved labor, and the family stayed prominent in agriculture and business until 1952. Outbuildings include early twentieth-century stables, a peanut barn, and a possibly antebellum log-stilted farm building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal with vernacular Greek Revival elements","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, altered, and occupied as a private residence by tenants who have maintained it; the farmland and outbuildings remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.038103-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7211/47721173/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000552.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrod_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436251"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/martin-county/sherrod-farm-84000552/"}