{"nrhp_refnum":"86000571","name":"McPhail, Jonas, House and McPhail, Annie, Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 13 E of SR 1845","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rosin","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.37238453900005,"lon":-78.41584178699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late 1890s one-story frame farmhouse and an associated two-story general store at the former rural crossroads of Rosin Hill, near Rosin in northern Sampson County, North Carolina. The house was built by Jonas McPhail and the store was operated by his wife, Annie.","why_significant":"The house is presented as the county's finest example of a traditional one-story rural house richly decorated with applied Victorian millwork. The house and store are also tied to Rosin Hill, a prosperous rosin-producing crossroads in the late 19th century. The nomination also notes potential to yield information on rural, agricultural and naval stores history.","narrative":"Near the small community of Rosin in northern Sampson County stands a late 1890s farmhouse built by Jonas McPhail, along with the general store run by his wife, Annie Warren McPhail. The one-story weatherboard house carries an elaborate porch with turned posts, sawn scrolls and acorn pendant brackets, a bracketed octagonal bay window, and a distinctive gable vent. Inside, the hall and front rooms have tall dado boards, molded surrounds and inventive vernacular mantels. A smokehouse, chicken coops and a four-stall barn also survive. The two-story frame store, now vacant, kept much of its interior shelving. Rosin Hill, originally settled around 1820, was a center of naval stores and rosin production, and the McPhails were leading citizens there. Jonas served as postmaster and county commissioner, while Annie managed the store through a 1921 fire and the Depression. The house is regarded as the county's best example of Victorian ornament applied to a traditional rural dwelling, and the pair are among the few reminders of Rosin Hill.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Victorian one-story farmhouse with applied turned and sawn ornamentation","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"The store is described as vacant; the house is described as owned and its condition as good. Several frame outbuildings survive, one chicken coop is quite deteriorated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.247038-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7184/47718441/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000571.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718441","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_McPhail_House_and_Annie_McPhail_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987071"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/mcphail-jonas-house-and-mcphail-annie-store-86000571/"}