{"nrhp_refnum":"88003080","name":"Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1103 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scotland Neck","county":"Halifax County","state":"NC","lat":36.12981878200003,"lon":-77.42328798099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story frame Victorian house at 1103 Church Street in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, built likely in the mid-1880s by merchant Max Hoffman. It has a three-story hexagonal tower and a one-story rear ell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house reflects commercial, socio-economic and architectural trends in Scotland Neck from the 1880s to 1938. It was home to a prominent merchant and later to members of the Bowers, Josey and Riddick families, tied to the town's growth as a mercantile and manufacturing center. It is also described as a rare, unusually ornate survivor of Stick and Eastlake style architecture in eastern North Carolina.","narrative":"Built most likely in the mid-1880s for Max Hoffman, a German-born dry goods merchant, this house at 1103 Church Street in Scotland Neck is an elaborate Victorian dwelling. It is a two-and-one-half story frame building with a complex gable roof, slate roofing, bracketed dormers and a three-story hexagonal tower, with Eastlake and Stick details. Inside, four main rooms surround a central hall with a heavy Eastlake newel post, grained slate mantels and original hardware. Hoffman helped organize the town's first cotton mill and served as a town commissioner. The house later passed to James Shepard Bowers, a cotton mill officer, and then to the Josey family, whose daughter and her husband, automobile dealer Neusom Allsbrook Riddick, also lived there. Located one block from Main Street, it reflects Scotland Neck's growth as a commercial center and survives as a rare, richly decorated example of its style in eastern North Carolina. Some alterations were made, but the original fabric remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"c. 1883-1938","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Stick/Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the original structure is described as extremely well preserved, with some alterations such as added bathrooms and a rear apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.957387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7206/47720684/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88003080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003080/d05cb94043-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003080/d05cb94043-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Fotomom maryann","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick_House.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fotomom maryann</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick_House.jpeg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02001743","name":"Scotland Neck Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/scotland-neck-historic-district-02001743/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/halifax-county/hoffman-bowers-josey-riddick-house-88003080/"}