{"nrhp_refnum":"88000232","name":"Jerkins-Duffy House","other_names":["Beasley,Clarence B.,House","See Also:New Bern Historic Distric"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 Johnston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.11047815500007,"lon":-77.03790434999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half-story frame side-hall-plan house at 301 Johnson Street, New Bern, North Carolina, built about 1830 to the early 1830s for sea captain Thomas Jerkins by an unknown builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative example of a transitional Federal/Greek Revival house on the side-hall plan, which was the standard form for substantial New Bern residences. Notable features include the two-tier rear gallery, paired exposed-face chimneys with a captain's walk, and Federal and Greek Revival trim inside and out.","narrative":"This two and a half-story frame house at 301 Johnson Street in New Bern was built in the early to mid 1830s for sea captain Thomas Jerkins. Local tradition holds that it was a wedding gift for his daughter Nancy, who married Alexander Mitchell in 1833. The builder is unknown. It follows the side-hall plan common to substantial New Bern houses and blends Federal and Greek Revival details, including Greek ovolo moldings in the interior woodwork. Distinctive features are a two-story gallery across the rear, paired exposed-face chimneys on the west side, and a rooftop captain's walk between the stacks. Later owners added and altered side wings and enclosed the gallery, and these changes were reversed or replaced during a rehabilitation begun in 1957. Dr. Richard N. Duffy and his wife Minnette, a leader in local historical work, owned the house from 1917 to 1957. It was listed for its architectural character and retained integrity.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1833","architect_builder":"Unknown builder; built for Captain Thomas Jerkins","architectural_style":"Federal/Greek Revival transitional","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; carefully rehabilitated and maintained by its owners since 1957.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.931855-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7197/47719704/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000232/87147b75c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000232/87147b75c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerkins-Duffy_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</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:Jerkins-Duffy_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerkins-Duffy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18152673"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/jerkins-duffy-house-88000232/"}