{"nrhp_refnum":"90000791","name":"Worsley-Burnette House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1526 N of jct. with SR 1540","address_restricted":false,"city":"Conetoe","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.86238408500003,"lon":-77.43670637999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame plantation house in rural southeastern Edgecombe County, near Conetoe, North Carolina, built about 1830 in the Federal style and enlarged about 1850 with a Greek Revival wing. It sits on roughly seven acres of landscaped yard with four small outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative example of the well-detailed Federal style plantation houses built in rural Edgecombe County in the 1820s and 1830s, which reflect planter wealth from improved agriculture. The ca. 1850 Greek Revival front ell, an unusual addition, doubled the house in size and shows the same rising prosperity.","narrative":"Near Conetoe in southeastern Edgecombe County, this two-story frame farmhouse began about 1830 as a Federal style hall and parlor house, probably built for planter Mayo Worsley and his wife Nancy. Around 1850 Worsley added a cross-gabled Greek Revival wing that projected in front and doubled the house's size. The original section keeps detailed trim: half-beaded clapboards, a boxed cornice, three-part window surrounds, paneled wainscoting and reeded mantels with sunbursts. The newer wing has larger windows, high baseboards and plain Greek Revival mantels. Archie R. Burnette bought the property in 1935-36 and added classically detailed porches in the 1930s, but other changes were minor. The house is listed as a representative example of the Federal plantation houses that Edgecombe County planters built as improved farming made the county among the most productive in North Carolina. Its Greek Revival addition is a good local example of the plain, vernacular approach to that style.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830; ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; occupied by tenants since about 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.574851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7201/47720110/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000791.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720110","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsley-Burnette_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/worsley-burnette-house-90000791/"}