{"nrhp_refnum":"85001458","name":"Teague, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1004","address_restricted":false,"city":"Siler City","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.773435507000045,"lon":-79.44438061799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular farmhouse of log and frame construction on the east side of SR 1004 near Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in several sections between the 1820s-1830s and about 1850 on a roughly seven-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a typical early farmhouse enlarged over the first half of the nineteenth century as the builder's family grew, showing vernacular log, Federal and Greek Revival design. It is tied to the Teague family, one of the county's oldest farming families, and to the nearby Gulf and Graham Plank Road, which was built within sight of the house.","narrative":"Set in open pasture along SR 1004 near Siler City, this farmhouse grew in stages during the first half of the nineteenth century. The oldest part is a two-story log section from the 1820s-1830s, covered in beaded weatherboard, with a hall and parlor plan and a Georgian/Federal mantel. A one-room hewn-log addition was added on the east side, and a rear shed and side addition dates to about 1850. William Teague, born in 1786 into one of Chatham County's earliest farming families, built the house and raised a large family there. After his death in 1852, his son Samuel Pleasant Teague, a farmer, teacher and magistrate, lived in it. The Gulf and Graham Plank Road was built within sight of the house, and family tradition says travelers stopped there and that it served as a post office. The house is now vacant and heavily overgrown, with a few outbuildings remaining nearby. It was listed for its link to local farming life and its vernacular design.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1820s - 1830s, ca. 1850","architect_builder":"unknown (built by William Teague)","architectural_style":"Vernacular log and Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant; the house has not been maintained and is almost completely covered by heavy brush and vines.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.39437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7174/47717479/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001458.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Teague_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/teague-william-house-85001458/"}