{"nrhp_refnum":"86001125","name":"Bizzell, Asher W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 13 and SR 1845","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rosin","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.20961545000006,"lon":-78.41612701499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-room frame house in the coastal cottage form at the Rosin Hill crossroads (US 13 and SR 1845) near Rosin in northern Sampson County, North Carolina, built about 1820 by merchant Asher W. Bizzell and moved a short distance about 1870.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the earliest and most intact examples of the coastal cottage form popular in the county in the early 19th century, with the county's finest exterior ornamentation for the form. It is also tied to early agriculture, commerce and transportation as a tavern and stagecoach stop on the Fayetteville-to-Tarboro road, and to the later naval stores industry.","narrative":"Built around 1820 by Asher W. Bizzell, a merchant from Wayne County, this two-room frame house sits at the Rosin Hill crossroads in northern Sampson County. Bizzell used it as a stop and tavern along the Fayetteville-to-Tarboro stage road, and he also ran a general store and dealt in naval stores. The house follows the coastal cottage form, with a gable roof sweeping over an engaged front porch and rear shed rooms, a central chimney, and classical pilasters framing the four front bays. Around 1870 Bizzell's daughter-in-law moved it a short distance across a small stream. Later it passed to Sampson Warren and then his daughter Annie McPhail, whose nearby house and store also survive. The nomination values the house as one of the earliest and most intact examples of its form in the county, and as a reminder of the area's early farming, trade, stagecoach travel and naval stores production.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular coastal cottage form with simple classical detailing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as vacant for a number of years except for seasonal farm help; condition marked fair; moved about 1870 by Bizzell's widow.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.894925-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7184/47718423/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86001125.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718423","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asher_W._Bizzell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/bizzell-asher-w-house-86001125/"}