{"nrhp_refnum":"86000767","name":"Edmondson-Woodward House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 58 and SR 1542","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stantonsburg","county":"Wilson County","state":"NC","lat":35.64460429650006,"lon":-77.83047749872362,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal-style plantation house near Stantonsburg in Wilson County, North Carolina, built circa 1830 for planter Wright Edmondson about four miles north of town on Route 58.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest Federal-style antebellum plantation houses remaining in Wilson County, notable for how well its original appearance has been preserved. It is tied to Wright Edmondson, a prominent antebellum planter, and to the Woodard family, who were planters active in local religious and educational work.","narrative":"Located between Toisnot Swamp and Contentnea Creek, about four miles north of Stantonsburg, this two-story plantation house was built around 1830 for Wright Edmondson, who owned about 1,400 acres here and a cotton gin. An 1835 newspaper advertisement describing the dwelling as new helps date its construction. The original block has a hall-and-parlor plan, stuccoed shoulder chimneys, a three-bay facade and distinctive triple-row gaugework on the rakeboards. Interior Federal mantels and molded surrounds survive, while a mid-nineteenth-century wing shows Greek Revival detailing. Edmondson became one of the wealthiest planters in North Carolina, and after his death the property passed through his heirs to Warren Woodard in 1896, then to later Woodard family members, who probably rented it to tenants until renovations in the early 1960s. The house is regarded as among the finest surviving Federal-style antebellum plantation houses in Wilson County, notable for retaining its original appearance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Wright Edmondson (builder/owner); form lists builder/architect as N/A","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, in private residential use; the form marks it occupied and also unoccupied, and states it was used as a weekend retreat by 1960.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.520936-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7187/47718723/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000767.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718723","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmondson-Woodward_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708885"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilson-county/edmondson-woodward-house-86000767/"}