{"nrhp_refnum":"85001412","name":"Carter, Maybelle and Ezra, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 614","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maces Spring","county":"Scott County","state":"VA","lat":36.67407257700006,"lon":-82.40252131499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-06-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular frame dwelling and small farm on Rt. 614 near Maces Spring, Scott County, Virginia, dating from the early 20th century and enlarged in 1936 by local carpenter Garn Larkey.","why_significant":"The house is significant mainly for its association with Maybelle Carter, an original member of the Carter Family musical group, who lived here with her husband Ezra and raised three daughters. It also illustrates a representative small rural Virginia house form of the early twentieth century, with 1930s renovations suggesting the bungalow style.","narrative":"Near Maces Spring in Scott County, Virginia, this farmhouse was home to Maybelle and Ezra Carter from soon after their marriage in March 1926. It began as a five-room dwelling and was enlarged in 1936 by local carpenter Garn Larkey, who removed interior partitions, added a rear row of rooms, built a second floor lit by shed dormers, and wrapped the front and sides with a porch of turned columns. A bathroom and basement were also added. Outbuildings include a smokehouse, a small barn and a two-level cinderblock garage and workshop, the last two built by Ezra. The house matters chiefly because Maybelle was an original member of the Carter Family and later performed with her daughters as Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. Ezra was A. P. Carter's brother, and Maybelle was cousin to Sara Carter. The gable-end form also represents small rural houses of the early twentieth century, and its 1930s changes hint at the bungalow style.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Garn Larkey, 1936","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as very good; present use is a dwelling. Altered, with the only change since 1936 being a spindle frieze added to the porch in 1981.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.13815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/6789/41678948/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85001412.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001412/a5a67ab8ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001412/a5a67ab8ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jon Roanhaus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maybelle_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Roanhaus</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:Maybelle_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678948","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_and_Ezra_Carter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15252264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/scott-county/carter-maybelle-and-ezra-house-85001412/"}