{"nrhp_refnum":"85001459","name":"Rives, William Alston, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"End of SR 2183 off SR 2187","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goldston","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.62335990200006,"lon":-79.30596266899994,"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 farmhouse in the Gulf Township area near Goldston, Chatham County, North Carolina, probably built between 1825 and 1840, with outbuildings and a family cemetery on a four-acre tract.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a remarkably intact and substantial early farmhouse showing the traditional style and finish of early 19th century rural vernacular architecture in North Carolina. It is also tied to William Alston Rives, a large landowner in southern Chatham County, and to the settlement and large-scale farming of the area.","narrative":"Set at the end of a rural road near Goldston, this two-story frame house is considered one of the oldest in Gulf Township and one of the best preserved early nineteenth century houses in Chatham County. It rests on a stone foundation and has a three-bay facade, nine-over-nine windows, a box cornice, and stone chimneys with brick stacks. The western chimney has a stone double shoulder that is seldom found in the county. Inside, a hall and parlor plan combines Georgian detailing with wide flushboard walls, six-panel doors, and an enclosed stair. Outbuildings and a family cemetery lie to the west. The house was probably built between 1825 and 1840 and was likely occupied after 1840 by William Alston Rives (1803-1883), who owned twenty-five slaves by 1860 and kept a large farm after the Civil War. It was listed for its architecture, its link to Rives, and its place in the area's farming history.","period_of_significance":"1825-1840","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian/Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed in the form as unoccupied and vacant; condition checked as original site.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.2109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7174/47717471/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001459.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717471","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alston_Rives_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18157383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/rives-william-alston-house-85001459/"}