{"nrhp_refnum":"87002234","name":"Knight, Henry H. and Bettie S., Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Knightdale","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.80144384900004,"lon":-78.4925265263555,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex of about 45 acres north of Tarboro Road (US 64) in Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina, centred on a plain one-and-a-half-story frame Queen Anne farmhouse dated ca. 1890 with outbuildings from the same period onward. The home tract was purchased by Henry H. Knight at auction in 1887.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be significant for its association with the founding of the town of Knightdale, which the Knights helped establish by granting a railroad right of way, deeding a depot tract, subdividing land for the town and donating lots for a church and school. The farmhouse itself is judged to be a representative vernacular dwelling without enough architectural significance to qualify on its own.","narrative":"Built around 1890 on land bought at auction in 1887, this farm north of Tarboro Road in Knightdale, Wake County, centres on a one-and-a-half-story frame farmhouse with a Queen Anne label and a deep rear wing added around 1900. Henry Haywood Knight, a Civil War veteran and county treasurer, ran a general store, cotton gin, saw mill and grist mill from the property. He helped start the area's first school and a Baptist congregation, and he granted a railroad right of way through his land. After his death in 1904, his widow Bettie Knight deeded a depot site, platted town lots and donated land for a church and school. The house has been altered over time, but the surrounding outbuildings from the 1890s and 1900s remain as evidence of a working farm that gave rise to the town.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1890-1911","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Two outbuildings and the farmhouse are described as contributing; the house is occupied by the Horton family per the form, but no current use is recorded for the complex as a whole.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.446556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7226/47722659/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87002234.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._and_Bettie_S._Knight_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20639334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/knight-henry-h-and-bettie-s-farm-87002234/"}