{"nrhp_refnum":"88000415","name":"Rose Hill","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NC 1442","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grassy Creek","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.523094311500046,"lon":-78.60845961649386,"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":"Rose Hill is a two-story Greek Revival brick plantation dwelling with a surrounding farm landscape near Grassy Creek in northern Granville County, North Carolina. The house is reported as the county's only antebellum brick dwelling, and it is listed as a district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the sole surviving plantation-era brick dwelling in Granville County and a well-maintained, little-altered example of Greek Revival design. Its construction materials, layout and interior finishes are said to show close ties to Virginia. Its surrounding tobacco outbuildings and tenant house are cited as evidence of its role as the center of a bright leaf tobacco farm.","narrative":"Rose Hill is a two-story, double-pile Greek Revival brick dwelling set on a farm estate in northern Granville County, North Carolina. Its walls are five-course common bond brick, with triangular pediments over the six-over-six windows and a front entry framed by leaded glass circles and triangles. Inside, the center hall and flanking rooms keep Greek Revival finishes, including fluted surrounds with bull's-eye cornerblocks, post and lintel mantels, and a crossetted mantel in the west parlor. According to family tradition, enslaved workers made the bricks and built the house in 1834, and a deed from 1830 is probably the original conveyance for the land. The property is significant as the county's only surviving antebellum brick plantation house and as an example of Greek Revival style. Its tobacco barns, a striphouse, a packhouse and a turn-of-the-century tenant house add to its importance as a bright leaf tobacco farm. The period of significance closes in 1937.","period_of_significance":"circa 1834-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The property has been in use as a traditional bright leaf tobacco farm within the past 50 years and has been restored in the interior by its owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.217066-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7178/47717885/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000415.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717885","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hill_(Grassy_Creek,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711644"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/rose-hill-88000415/"}