{"nrhp_refnum":"88000238","name":"Purefoy-Dunn Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E side US 1, .3 mi. N of US 1A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wake Forest","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.95887800600005,"lon":-78.53806542437408,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 185-acre former plantation of pasture and woodland on the east side of US 1 southwest of Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story frame Greek Revival farmhouse built in the early 19th century and remodelled in the mid-19th century.","why_significant":"The house was the residence of Rev. John Purefoy, a founder and early trustee of Wake Forest College who helped select the college's site. Later owner Samuel H. Dunn extended and remodelled it in the Greek Revival style, making it a representative Wake County example of a piedmont plantation seat.","narrative":"This 185-acre farm southwest of Wake Forest preserves the core of a once larger plantation of 650 to 750 acres. Its main house, a two-story, L-shaped frame building, began as a small Federal style dwelling around 1814 and was enlarged and remodelled in the Greek Revival style by Samuel H. Dunn around 1850. Rev. John Purefoy, who built the original house, was a Baptist minister and a founder and first trustee of Wake Forest College. A historian credited him as the key figure in choosing the farm that became the college's campus in 1832. Dunn ran a far larger farming operation, growing wheat, corn, cotton and other crops with enslaved labor. The house retains its original stone foundations, six-over-six windows and Greek Doric pilasters, though the front portico was removed. A mid-19th century smokehouse survives, along with several 20th century farm buildings and scattered foundations of former tenant or slave houses.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1814-ca. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still a private residence with a stock-farming operation on the property; the house has lost its portico and had other alterations but remains essentially intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.510561-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7226/47722645/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000238.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000788","name":"Purefoy-Dunn Plantation (Boundary Decrease)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/purefoy-dunn-plantation-boundary-decrease-97000788/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722645","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purefoy%E2%80%93Dunn_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061057"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/purefoy-dunn-plantation-88000238/"}