{"nrhp_refnum":"87000411","name":"Henderson Scott Farm Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of NC 119 and SR 2135","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mebane","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.04182619350004,"lon":-79.3308783726361,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural farm historic district of about 198 acres at the crossroads of NC 119 and SR 2135 in Melville Township, Alamance County, North Carolina. It has seventeen buildings, including three houses, a store and thirteen outbuildings, dating from 1836 to the 1960s.","why_significant":"The district was the home of five generations of the Scott family, starting with Henderson Scott (1814-1870), and the birthplace of three prominent North Carolina political figures: Robert Walter Scott, Governor William Kerr Scott and Senator Ralph Scott. Its three antebellum buildings are early examples of local vernacular architecture, including an early hall-and-parlor house and a two-story double-pile house. The outbuildings show how the farm worked from a self-sustaining operation to a prosperous agribusiness.","narrative":"Henderson Scott Farm is a rural district of about 198 acres at a crossroads in eastern Alamance County, North Carolina. Seventeen buildings are scattered across rolling farmland. Henderson Scott built three antebellum structures at the crossroads: a one-story hall-and-parlor house in 1836, a two-story Greek Revival house in 1849 and a frame store in 1855. The store was later moved and converted into a house. Farm outbuildings include a smokehouse, a sheep barn, a brick milk and butter house, garages, chicken houses and dairy barns from the 1930s and 1940s. Five generations of the Scott family lived here. The farm was the birthplace of three influential state figures, Robert Walter Scott, Governor William Kerr Scott and Senator Ralph Scott, who shaped North Carolina's agricultural policy. The early houses are also among the county's earliest examples of their plan types. Ten of the seventeen buildings contribute to the district's character.","period_of_significance":"1836-1936","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Henderson Scott; later buildings by Walter Scott and Ralph Scott)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival; vernacular farm buildings","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent to good and altered; the property is occupied, with some buildings converted to houses. Ten of the seventeen buildings are contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.771597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7188/47718826/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87000411.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718826","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Scott_Farm_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560754"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/henderson-scott-farm-historic-district-87000411/"}