{"nrhp_refnum":"86000565","name":"Kornegay, Marshall, House and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1725 and SR 1720","address_restricted":false,"city":"Suttontown","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.20967313050005,"lon":-78.20251992959246,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story frame plantation house and adjoining family cemetery near Suttontown in northeast Sampson County, North Carolina, built about 1835 for planter Marshall Kornegay.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the largest of the older structures in the county's northeast corner and a fine example of a transitional Federal-Greek Revival house. It has a chimney with patterned brickwork, Federal mantels and rare plaster ceiling medallions and cornices. It reflects the antebellum planter class and farming in rural northeast Sampson County, and associated outbuilding sites may yield information on agricultural practices.","narrative":"Near Suttontown in northeast Sampson County stands a two-and-a-half story frame plantation house built around 1835 for Marshall Kornegay, a prominent area planter. Its hall-and-parlor plan blends late Federal and Greek Revival styles, and it is the largest of the older buildings in that corner of the county. Distinctive features include a chimney with patterned brickwork, elaborate Federal mantels, and plaster cornices and ceiling medallions that are among the few surviving in the county. The 1850 census listed Kornegay with 30 slaves and 1,800 acres. His widow ran the plantation after his death, and the property later passed to his youngest son. It left the family in 1919, when Leon Royal Grimes bought it and added the present porch and rear ell. A family cemetery lies nearby, and sites of vanished outbuildings, including a cotton gin and blacksmith shop, may yield information on agricultural practices. The house was renovated in 1980-81.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federal-Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"The house was renovated as a residence in 1980-81 after standing vacant for several years following the 1978 death of its earlier owner; the second floor remained unrenovated. No outbuildings survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.857934-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7184/47718433/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000565.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Kornegay_House_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864717"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/kornegay-marshall-house-and-cemetery-86000565/"}