{"nrhp_refnum":"85003083","name":"Kerr-Patton House","other_names":["S. W. Patton House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 2133","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thompson","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.02701573300004,"lon":-79.31300770399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Federal farmhouse with later wings, two outbuildings, a well and a section of an old stage road on a one-acre tract in the Hawfields community near Thompson, Alamance County, North Carolina. The original house dates to about 1810-20.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be one of the area's best rural examples of Federal and Greek Revival design, with fine interior finishes and a shouldered brick chimney. It is tied to Samuel Kerr, a prosperous farmer and manufacturer of wagons and barrels who owned it from 1820 to 1852. A depression on the site marks part of the old Hillsborough-Salisbury Road and the earlier Great (Indian) Trading Path, which may hold archaeological information.","narrative":"Set on a one-acre tract in the Hawfields community near Thompson, this two-story frame farmhouse began as a Federal-style dwelling built between about 1810 and 1820, possibly by Exum Elliott. Later additions include a one-story wing from the 1830s or about 1850, with stone chimneys, and a rear kitchen ell added after the Civil War. Inside, hall-and-parlor rooms retain wide-board poplar sheathing and finely detailed pine mantels. Samuel Kerr owned the property from 1820 until his death in 1852. He ran a 330-acre farm and also made wagons and barrels for the local market. Samuel Woods Patton later farmed here and operated a gristmill on Haw Creek from 1886 to 1908. A salt house, outhouse and well remain on the grounds. A sunken roadbed crossing the site follows an old stage road and an earlier Indian trading path, which gives the site archaeological interest.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Samuel Kerr(?)","architectural_style":"Federal, with Greek Revival and post-bellum Victorian additions","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Stable and in very good cosmetic condition; rehabilitation work, including foundation and chimney rebuilding in 1982-84, has been done and interior improvements are continuing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.036077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7188/47718860/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85003083.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718860","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr-Patton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560862"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/kerr-patton-house-85003083/"}