{"nrhp_refnum":"85001452","name":"DeGraffenreidt-Johnson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1346","address_restricted":false,"city":"Silk Hope","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.77699175300006,"lon":-79.3038178904003,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival plantation house built about 1850 on the north side of SR 1346 near Silk Hope, Chatham County, North Carolina, with several surviving outbuildings on about 54 acres.","why_significant":"The house is a thoroughgoing example of vernacular Greek Revival domestic architecture and is nearly an identical twin of the William P. Hadley House, suggesting the same craftsman built both. It is also tied to the DeGraffenreidt family, wealthy Chatham County planters, and to the large plantation system of agriculture in central North Carolina.","narrative":"Built about 1850 for planter John Baker DeGraffenreidt, this two-story, three-bay frame house once anchored a large Chatham County plantation. Its low hipped roof, pilastered corner posts, molded door and window surrounds, and distinctive wedge-shaped modillions mark it as vernacular Greek Revival. Octagonal posts support the front porch, and the central-hall interior has paneled double doors, a ceiling medallion, an enclosed-string stair with an octagonal newel, and heavy pilastered mantels. The house closely matches the William P. Hadley House nearby, suggesting a single craftsman built both. DeGraffenreidt, a descendant of the founder of New Bern, owned over 100 slaves in 1860, and the family ranked among the county's wealthiest planters. He faced financial trouble after the Civil War, and the property later passed through several families before the Johnson family took it near 1900. A board-and-batten barn and cabin, probably nineteenth century, remain nearby.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in use as a private residence and agriculture; the form describes later additions to the rear and west sides that did not compromise its Greek Revival character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.828409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7174/47717465/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001452.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717465","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeGraffenreidt-Johnson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/degraffenreidt-johnson-house-85001452/"}