{"nrhp_refnum":"86003350","name":"Dockery, Alfred, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side SR 1005, 0.1 mile S of jct. with SR 1143","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockingham","county":"Richmond County","state":"NC","lat":35.012461519000055,"lon":-79.81716936853576,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, hipped-roof brick plantation house on Cartledge Creek in Richmond County, near Rockingham, North Carolina, with a five-bay symmetrical front facade in Flemish bond and two rear ells. It was built by Alfred Dockery, with construction dated by family tradition to 1827-1830 and by interior evidence to about 1840.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest early brick antebellum plantation houses in North Carolina, notable for its outstanding plaster finishes and early Greek Revival work. It is also presented as a cultural artifact reflecting the plantation economy, slave labor, and planter society of the piedmont, and as associated with Alfred Dockery, a state and national political figure and Baptist leader who helped found Wake Forest College.","narrative":"Built of brick in Flemish bond on the Cartledge Creek plantation near Rockingham in Richmond County, the two-story hipped-roof house was the seat of Alfred Dockery's 3,200-acre estate. Family tradition dates its construction to 1827-1830, but interior evidence points to about 1840. Its center hall, plaster cornices, ceiling medallions and carved stair brackets are regarded as outstanding examples of early Greek Revival interior work in the state. Dockery was a state legislator, a delegate to the 1835 constitutional convention, a member of Congress, and president of the Baptist State Convention, and he helped secure the charter for what became Wake Forest College. The house also reflects the economics of a plantation worked by enslaved laborers, with the cotton, grain and milling interests that supported it. A 1951 restoration retained most of the original and early finishes.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1840-1951","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Restored in 1951 and occupied by the Leak family; the owners are described as the current family owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.299296-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7219/47721912/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86003350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003350/74afc08343-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003350/74afc08343-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALFRED_DOCKERY_HOUSE;_RICHMOND_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALFRED_DOCKERY_HOUSE;_RICHMOND_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721912","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Dockery_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19872682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/richmond-county/dockery-alfred-house-86003350/"}