{"nrhp_refnum":"87000454","name":"Kernodle-Pickett House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of NC 1136 and NC 1131","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bellemont","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.02193547200005,"lon":-79.46159437999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story, L-shaped frame Queen Anne style house built in 1895-1896 on the north side of the Bellemont-Alamance Road (SR 1136) in Coble Township, about six miles southwest of Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be one of the best representative examples of the Queen Anne style in Alamance County, with a multi-gable roofline, sawn and turned millwork and stained glass. It is also unusual for its balloon-frame construction infilled with brick nogging. It is associated with Dr. John A. Pickett, a prominent county physician, politician and civic leader who lived and practiced there from about 1900 to 1947.","narrative":"Built between 1895 and 1896 for Dr. Loften Kernodle, this rural Alamance County house looks more like a town residence than a farmhouse. It has a tall, narrow form, a side-hall plan and an L-shaped main block under a multi-gable roof. Decoration includes sawn bargeboards, bulls-eye bosses, sunburst panels, turned porch posts and stained glass windows, and a tall corbelled chimney rises above the roof. Its balloon frame filled with brick nogging is an old building method rarely seen in a house of this date. A small wing was designed as a doctor's office. Kernodle lived there only briefly. Dr. John A. Pickett bought the house about 1900 and practiced medicine there until 1947. He also served two terms in the state House of Representatives and led the consolidation of six Coble Township schools. The house remained in the Pickett family, and its exterior has changed very little. Its architecture and its link to Pickett led to its listing.","period_of_significance":"1895-1896","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the exterior is largely unaltered and interior remodeling was in progress at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.785679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7188/47718876/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87000454.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718876","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernodle-Pickett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560910"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/kernodle-pickett-house-87000454/"}