{"nrhp_refnum":"86000420","name":"Woodside","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 57","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Caswell County","state":"NC","lat":36.52574107700008,"lon":-79.18363476899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodside is a two-story Greek Revival plantation house on the north side of NC 57, about two miles east of Milton in Caswell County, North Carolina. It was probably built in the late 1830s (ca. 1838) for planter and manufacturer Caleb Hazard Richmond.","why_significant":"The house is typical of the substantial dwellings built during Caswell County's mid-19th century \"Boom Era\" of bright-leaf tobacco prosperity. Its interior woodwork, including a scrolled stair newel and a parlor mantel flanked by niches, is attributed to the free black craftsman Thomas Day. It is also tied to Caleb Richmond and to Confederate General Dodson Ramseur, who married Richmond's daughter Ellen there in 1863. Archaeological remains of the plantation are likely to yield information on 19th century life.","narrative":"Woodside is a large Greek Revival plantation house about two miles east of Milton in Caswell County, North Carolina. Probably built around 1838 for Caleb Hazard Richmond, a planter who also ran a foundry, machine shop and sawmill, it has a two-story main block with a rear ell, a pedimented portico with four Doric columns, and entrance details drawn from Asher Benjamin's pattern books. Inside, the scrolled stair newel and the parlor mantel flanked by arched niches are attributed to Thomas Day, a free black cabinetmaker working in Milton. The house reflects the prosperity of the county's bright-leaf tobacco boom before the Civil War. It is also where Confederate officer Dodson Ramseur married Richmond's daughter Ellen in 1863. Only five of the original 350 acres remain with the house, along with a ruinous smokehouse. The building and grounds are badly deteriorated, and archaeological remains of the plantation are likely to survive on the site.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Thomas Day","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Described as deteriorated and sadly neglected, with a ruinous smokehouse and overgrown grounds; the form lists it as occupied and a private residence, and notes the owners' interest in restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.208259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7194/47719456/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000420.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000420/4cde5cc238-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000420/4cde5cc238-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodside_near_Milton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodside_near_Milton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719456","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodside_(Milton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/caswell-county/woodside-86000420/"}