{"nrhp_refnum":"86000764","name":"Barnes, Gen. Joshua, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W side of SR 1326 at SR 1327","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilson","county":"Wilson County","state":"NC","lat":35.76244825600003,"lon":-77.90209188599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival plantation house on the outskirts of Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina, built about 1844 around an earlier Federal style dwelling. It stands in a grove of mature trees at the intersection of Waterworks Road and London's Church Road.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its unusual incorporation of an earlier Federal period house within its Greek Revival form, and for its association with General Joshua Barnes, a landowner, legislator and civic leader considered the father of Wilson County. It also links the property to Alpheus Branch, a banker and industrialist who lived there.","narrative":"Built about 1844 on a rural plantation near Wilson, this two-story central-hall house is a Greek Revival plantation residence that encloses an earlier Federal dwelling. Its exterior retains six-over-six windows, a plain frieze, applied diamond ornament and a porch, while the interior keeps Federal woodwork in one rear room and Greek Revival finish elsewhere. General Joshua Barnes, a wealthy planter who served in the state legislature, helped create Wilson County in 1855 and was involved in founding the town of Wilson and its early schools. The house later belonged to Alpheus Branch, a merchant, banker and director of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, who lived there with the Barnes family in the 1870s. The house is significant for its association with these figures and for its rare combination of two building periods in one structure.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830-1890","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Federal (earlier core)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The document describes the house as occupied by its present owners as their primary residence and kept in good repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.432485-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7187/47718747/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000764.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Joshua_Barnes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708701"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilson-county/barnes-gen-joshua-house-86000764/"}