{"nrhp_refnum":"88000412","name":"Brookland","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NC 1443","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grassy Creek","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.517699652500056,"lon":-78.57455088083964,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brookland is a former plantation seat in Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story timber frame Georgian and Federal style house with outbuildings and tobacco-era farm buildings. The form lists it as a district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Brookland is one of the earliest and most finely finished Georgian and Federal style properties in Granville County, with carved Federal mantels, a unique scalloped chair rail fringe and original or early paint schemes. Its pre-Civil War outbuildings, including a rare Flemish bond chimney, and its bright leaf tobacco era outbuildings are presented as representing plantation life and a traditional tobacco farming way of life from the late nineteenth century into the 1950s.","narrative":"Two-story timber frame house with weatherboarding and cut stone chimneys, set in the fields of Granville County near Grassy Creek, North Carolina. Its Georgian and Federal finish is far more refined than its traditional hall-parlor plan, with Federal mantels carved with incised reeds and stars, three-part surrounds, raised six-panel doors, and a scalloped wainscot fringe found in no other known local dwelling. Charles L. and Elizabeth Read began the plantation in 1817, when Charles and his brother Howell bought 1,030 acres. The 1830 census lists Charles as owner of 53 slaves. Several outbuildings predate the Civil War, including a former kitchen with a Flemish bond chimney, which is unique among county outbuildings. The property is also significant for its bright leaf tobacco era barns, striphouse and stable, built in the early twentieth century. Together they document a traditional tobacco farm that operated from the late nineteenth century into the 1950s.","period_of_significance":"circa 1817-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Georgian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house has been unoccupied and used for storage since the early 1980s; the interior is described as in good condition and intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.365615-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7178/47717861/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000412.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717861","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookland_(Grassy_Creek,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/brookland-88000412/"}