{"nrhp_refnum":"88000175","name":"Hoskins House Historic District","other_names":["Tannenbaum Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Intersection of New Garden Rd. and US 220","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.13864436400007,"lon":-79.85242144499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 7.5-acre historic district at the southeast corner of New Garden Road and US 220 in Greensboro, North Carolina, containing a restored log house (late 18th or early 19th century), a relocated ca. 1830 log barn, a reconstructed cookhouse and a 1950s brick house.","why_significant":"The site is argued to be the focal point of the British advance at the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and the last protected parcel outside the military park that retains a feeling of association with the battle. The single-pen log Hoskins House is an intact example of a regionally important settlement-era dwelling type. The Coble Barn is a well-preserved double-pen log barn, the most distinctive historic barn type of the central and western Piedmont.","narrative":"Hoskins House Historic District is a 7.5-acre tract in Greensboro, now surrounded by suburban development, that preserves a log farmstead near the Guilford Courthouse battlefield. Its centerpiece is a hewn-log, single-pen house with a stone chimney, traditionally believed to have stood during the March 15, 1781 battle. A 1787 British map and later study place the center of the British line at this site, and the house may have served as a hospital for wounded British soldiers. Whether the house dates from the battle is uncertain, but it is no later than the early nineteenth century and may be the earliest surviving log house in Guilford County. The ca. 1830 Coble Barn, a double-pen log barn with a cantilevered pent eave, was moved here from southeast Guilford County in 1987. A reconstructed cookhouse and a 1950s brick house are noncontributing. Saved from development in 1984 by a nonprofit group, the property is becoming a city park.","period_of_significance":"1781; late 18th-early 19th century; ca. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Single-pen log house; double-pen log barn","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored in 1986-1987 and operated as a public park with the Ferrill House serving as park office and visitor center; scheduled for transfer to the City of Greensboro in 1988.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.901737-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7206/47720632/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000175.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000175/208fcabc2d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000175/208fcabc2d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rhpotter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoskins_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhpotter</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:Hoskins_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720632","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoskins_House_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462406"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/hoskins-house-historic-district-88000175/"}