{"nrhp_refnum":"84002135","name":"Lambeth, Shadrach, House","other_names":["Pennington Place","Shoaf House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 2062","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.85686788100003,"lon":-80.05496010599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house, the Shadrach Lambeth House, in a rural setting east of Thomasville in northeastern Davidson County, North Carolina, where Randolph, Guilford and Davidson counties meet. It is a three-room plan dwelling with a one-story brick kitchen addition added in the later nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The house is described as a well-preserved example of late Federal style construction built in 1837-1838, unusual for Davidson County at that period. Its form is said to resemble Federal era brick houses in neighboring Quaker settlements in Guilford County, making it a significant variation in local domestic architecture. The nomination also links it to Clinton Johnson, a local coachmaker, and Shadrach Lambeth, a farmer and physician.","narrative":"Built in 1837-1838 in the rural northeast corner of Davidson County, this two-story brick house has a three-room plan and a Federal style form that is rare for the county at that time. Its laid brick walls use a common bond, and its six-over-nine and six-over-six sash, ovolo-molded window surrounds and jack arches remain original. Interior features that survive on both floors include plaster walls, wooden floors, beaded baseboards, molded door and window surrounds, and four original interior doors. The house is closer in form to Federal era houses in the Quaker community of Jamestown, in Guilford County, than to other buildings in Davidson County. Its construction is tied to two local men, Clinton Johnson, a coachmaker, and Shadrach Lambeth, a prosperous farmer and physician, whose names appear in the county tax lists that help date the building. The house is valued for its architectural integrity and for its connection to antebellum prosperity in the area.","period_of_significance":"1837-1838","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federal style","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.270584-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7176/47717623/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002135/ec1d5fe98a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002135/ec1d5fe98a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shadrach_Lambeth_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shadrach_Lambeth_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717623","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadrach_Lambeth_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18357369"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/lambeth-shadrach-house-84002135/"}