{"nrhp_refnum":"85002418","name":"Rogers-Whitaker-Haywood House","other_names":["Haywood,Fabius,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 2044 & US 401","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wake Crossroads","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.89749227600004,"lon":-78.50812665999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse near Wake Crossroads in northern Wake County, North Carolina, begun as a one-room frame house around 1771 and enlarged and remodeled in the Federal style around 1812.","why_significant":"The house keeps its ca. 1812 woodwork, original paint colors, wood-graining, marbleizing and early hardware, making it a rare, intact example of Federal styling and decorative painting. It is tied to locally prominent planter families, including Aaron Rogers, a planter and ferry operator, and the Haywoods. The grounds may also hold archaeological remains of outbuildings that could inform study of 18th and 19th century farming.","narrative":"Near Wake Crossroads in northern Wake County, this farmhouse began around 1771 as a one-room frame house with an attic, built by Aaron Rogers, a planter who also ran a ferry on the Neuse River. Around 1812 it was enlarged into a center-hall house with rear shed rooms and a finished attic, and given Federal-style finishes. The interior still shows its original deep green and blue paint, wood-graining, marbleizing, and hardware such as rising hinges, pin hinges, and shutter dogs. Sliding sidelights and attic windows set in wall pockets are unusual survivals. Later owners included Cyrus Whitaker and the Haywood family, prominent planters, physicians and public figures. After years of tenant occupancy and vacancy, the house was bought in 1979 and carefully repaired. The remaining acreage of just over four acres may hold archaeological traces of outbuildings tied to long-running farm operations.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899 (specific dates ca. 1771, ca. 1812)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the house stood vacant for some time and was in deplorable condition when bought in 1979, and has since been sympathetically repaired and restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.384175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7224/47722435/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85002418.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers-Whitaker-Haywood_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7359253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/rogers-whitaker-haywood-house-85002418/"}