{"nrhp_refnum":"86001659","name":"Black Creek Rural Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along NC 1628","address_restricted":false,"city":"Black Creek","county":"Wilson County","state":"NC","lat":35.61838719650004,"lon":-77.88995504530104,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural historic district in southern Wilson County, North Carolina, near where Contentnea Creek and Black Creek meet. It holds five farmhouses with outbuildings, built from about 1787 to about 1855, on roughly 860 acres along SR 1628.","why_significant":"The five houses are a rare surviving group of antebellum architecture in Wilson County. They include the Dickinson House, a c. 1787 Georgian cottage that may be the oldest building in the county and is its only documented intact Georgian cottage. The houses are also tied to two leading landholding families, the Simmses and the Woodards, and to Dr. Brooks, a prominent county official.","narrative":"Five farmhouses and their outbuildings make up this rural district in southern Wilson County, close to the meeting of Contentnea Creek and Black Creek. The houses date from about 1787 to about 1855. The earliest is the Dickinson House, a plain one-story Georgian cottage with some of the best-preserved Georgian woodwork in the county. Nearby are the Greek Revival Dr. Brooks House and two coastal cottages, the John Woodard House with a fine Federal interior and the Stephen Woodard House. The Dr. Stephen Woodard House, a Greek Revival I-house, completes the group. Tobacco barns, packhouses, tenant houses and a 1920s rural school record later farm life. The group was listed as a rare survival of antebellum architecture in Wilson County. It is also tied to the Simms and Woodard families, major landholders in Black Creek township, and to Dr. Alexander Brooks, a longtime county commissioner.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799 through 1800-1899 (houses dated c. 1787 to c. 1855, with outbuildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian cottage, coastal cottage with Federal detailing, and Greek Revival I-houses","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in private ownership, in fair condition and altered. Used for agriculture and as private residences. Some houses have long been occupied by tenants.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.042678-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7187/47718735/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86001659.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718735","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Creek_Rural_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708950"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilson-county/black-creek-rural-historic-district-86001659/"}