{"nrhp_refnum":"88000413","name":"Thorndale","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"213 W. Thorndale Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oxford","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.30389027900006,"lon":-78.6060151381419,"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":"Thorndale is a two-story frame plantation house with a pasture setting on about 13 acres at 213 West Thorndale Drive, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. The original block was likely built about 1837 by Horace L. Robards.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of Oxford's few surviving plantation-era properties that predate the Greek Revival period. It is a well-maintained, intact home of a substantial planter. It is also a fine local example of transitional Georgian/Federal and Federal style, with a uniformly fine interior upstairs and down and a locally rare Flemish bond foundation.","narrative":"Thorndale is a two-story frame house at the head of a cedar and oak lined lane in Oxford, North Carolina, surrounded by horse pastures. Horace L. Robards, a planter who received 206 acres from his father in 1837, likely built the original block that year. A chimney brick bearing that date supports the attribution. The house has a brick raised basement laid in Flemish bond, beaded weatherboards, and delicate three-part window surrounds. Inside, all six original rooms and the hallway share the same ornate transitional Georgian/Federal finish, including six-panel doors, Federal mantels, wainscoting and a graceful stair. Rooms were added over the rear in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The property is recognized for its agricultural history as a plantation seat and for its architecture. Later owners included the Lassiter family for three generations. The nominated area covers about thirteen acres, including the house, pasture land, a servants' house and a horse stable. The period of significance ends in 1865.","period_of_significance":"circa 1837-1865","architect_builder":"unknown (likely built by Horace L. Robards)","architectural_style":"Federal; transitional Georgian/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and intact, and in use as a single dwelling; the owners are said to have restored it. Two noncontributing outbuildings stand behind the house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.261472-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7178/47717863/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000413/911dfbb964-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000413/911dfbb964-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THORNDALE,_GRANVILLE_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:THORNDALE,_GRANVILLE_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorndale_(Oxford,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711680"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/thorndale-88000413/"}