{"nrhp_refnum":"84002328","name":"Scott, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1001","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.16854715850005,"lon":-79.7907797808333,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, single-pile brick farmhouse with a later frame rear ell, built probably about 1821 to the early 1820s on a hilltop overlooking Townsend Lake, just north of Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"It is one of only fourteen late eighteenth and early nineteenth century brick houses known to survive in Guilford County, and among the best preserved. It reflects building traditions brought from southeast Pennsylvania, yet was built for a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family rather than a Quaker one. It has a distinctive corbeled brick cornice and mostly Federal interior finish.","narrative":"Thomas Scott House is a two-story brick farmhouse on a hilltop north of Greensboro, built probably in the early 1820s soon after Thomas Scott bought the 192-acre tract in 1821. Scott was a prosperous farmer who apparently ran a gristmill inherited from his father. The main block is laid in common bond with stepped-shoulder end chimneys, a three-part corbeled brick cornice and a hall-and-parlor plan on both floors. Inside, the hall keeps flush vertical sheathing, batten doors and a Federal mantel. A frame rear ell was added in the late nineteenth century and later veneered in brick. The house is one of only fourteen early brick residences known to survive in Guilford County. Most are tied to English Quaker settlers who carried Pennsylvania building habits south, while this one was built for a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family. Scott's descendants kept the property for generations. Two frame outbuildings stand east of the house. The house is unoccupied but kept in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown; probably built by Thomas Scott (1790-1835)","architectural_style":"Federal / late Georgian; hall-and-parlor plan","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Unoccupied but maintained in good condition by the owners.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.193037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/7204/47720480/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002328.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720480","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Scott_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016168"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/scott-thomas-house-84002328/"}