{"nrhp_refnum":"86000132","name":"Thorbiskope","other_names":["John Elliot House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off SR 2049 at SR 2050","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bunn Level","county":"Harnett County","state":"NC","lat":35.23289463800006,"lon":-78.89736593299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Thorbiskope (the John Elliot House) is a plantation house near Bunn Level in southern Harnett County, North Carolina, built in two stages: a ca. 1820 story-and-a-half coastal cottage and a ca. 1848 two-story Greek Revival front section added by John Elliot.","why_significant":"It is tied to the Scots settlement of the Lower Little River and to the prominent Elliot family, including John Elliot, a planter and large slaveholder. Architecturally, it shows the common pattern of a coastal cottage enlarged with a formal two-story front section. It is one of three related Elliot houses, and the site may yield archaeological information.","narrative":"Thorbiskope, also called the John Elliot House, is a plantation dwelling on 2.92 acres near the Little River in rural Harnett County. It grew in two stages. The rear section began about 1820 as a story-and-a-half coastal cottage with Georgian/Federal finish. Around 1848, John Elliot added a two-story Greek Revival block with a center-hall plan and a two-tier portico. A later remodeling around 1893 extended the rear shed rooms and porch. A commissary from the original period also stands on the property. Elliot belonged to a Scottish-descended family that settled the Lower Little River in the later eighteenth century. In 1860 he held 8,000 acres and 80 slaves, making him the county's third largest slaveholder. Two other Elliot family houses, Ellerslie and Cool Springs, followed the same pattern of a cottage enlarged in the 1840s. Together the three are described as a closely related group for studying local architecture and history. The house had been vacant for several years when it was bought in 1985 for restoration.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian/Federal coastal cottage with Greek Revival addition","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"The form says the house had been vacant for several years before being purchased in 1985, that some vandalism had occurred, and that the new owner was undertaking a restoration. A commissary contemporary with the original dwelling also survives.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.330433-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7207/47720724/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000132.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720724","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorbiskope","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711679"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/harnett-county/thorbiskope-86000132/"}