{"nrhp_refnum":"85002417","name":"Cool Springs","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 1607 at Cumberland","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carvers Creek","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.233802330500055,"lon":-78.87480396794325,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cool Springs is a two-section plantation dwelling on the banks of the Lower Little River near Carvers Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina. The earlier coastal cottage dates to about 1815-1820 and the larger two-story section to about 1825-1830, both built for Henry Elliot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house is a well-executed example of vernacular domestic architecture of the Cape Fear region, combining a coastal cottage with a two-story, two-room-plan house with Federal detailing. It is also linked to the Elliot family, Scots-descended planters, and to two similar nearby Elliot houses, Ellerslie and Thorbiskope. Archaeological remains are considered likely and potentially important.","narrative":"Cool Springs is a plantation house beside the Lower Little River in northern Cumberland County, North Carolina, built in two stages for planter Henry Elliot. A one-and-a-half-story coastal cottage from about 1815-1820 was joined by a larger two-story section around 1825-1830. The newer part has a two-room plan entered through twin front doors, with reeded pilasters, raised-panel doors and richly treated Federal mantels. Elliot belonged to a prosperous family of Scottish descent; his father built Ellerslie and his brother built Thorbiskope, both following the same cottage-then-addition pattern. By 1850 Elliot farmed 653 cultivated acres and held 78 enslaved people. The property was listed for its representative regional architecture, its ties to the Elliot family and the expansion of the plantation system in the upper Cape Fear valley, and its likely archaeological remains, including a stone-enclosed spring. The house is vacant and deteriorated, with stabilization under way.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for Henry Elliot)","architectural_style":"Federal / Greek Revival vernacular; coastal cottage with two-story I-house section","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Vacant and deteriorated; undergoing stabilization, with restoration planned. Unoccupied or tenant-occupied since the end of World War II.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.548098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7197/47719784/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85002417.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Springs_(Carvers_Creek,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206198"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/cool-springs-85002417/"}