{"nrhp_refnum":"88000053","name":"Dickson, Roger, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E side of SR 1917","address_restricted":false,"city":"Magnolia","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":34.86322811100007,"lon":-78.00693442670482,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm district in the Rose Hill Township area near Magnolia, Duplin County, North Carolina, centered on a one-and-one-half story frame \"coastal cottage\" farmhouse built c. 1815-1818 and enlarged c. 1850, with a detached kitchen, corn crib and other outbuildings on about 157 acres.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be one of Duplin County's oldest and least altered examples of the vernacular North Carolina coastal cottage, with a full-width engaged porch and a tall gable roof. It also shows a transitional period in building technology, mixing hand-hewn and pit-sawn elements with circular-sawn members and machine-made nails. It is further tied to the Dickson family, prominent in county history, and remains the only surviving nineteenth-century Dickson residence.","narrative":"Set at the end of a long dirt drive in southwest Duplin County, this farm centers on a one-and-one-half story frame house built about 1815-1818 in the North Carolina coastal cottage tradition. Its tall gable roof and deep, full-width engaged porch suit the hot, humid coastal plain. Around 1850 a two-bay addition was added and the porch was given Greek Revival posts that encase the original chamfered ones. A detached kitchen and a c. 1850 corn crib survive nearby, within a 157-acre tract of fields and woods. The house shows a shift in building methods, with hewn timbers, hand planing and pit-sawn rafters alongside circular-sawn lumber and machine-made nails. It was long home to Robert Dickson and his descendants, a branch of a family prominent in the county's military, political and educational history, and it is the only surviving nineteenth-century Dickson residence. Vacant since about 1971, it remains structurally sound and largely intact.","period_of_significance":"c.1815 - 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular N.C. coastal cottage","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has been vacant since about 1971 but is in remarkably good structural condition; the roof is maintained, and the owner plans to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.529271-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7200/47720011/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000053.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dickson_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18390933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/dickson-roger-farm-88000053/"}