{"nrhp_refnum":"90001310","name":"Hood-Strickland House","other_names":["T.R.Hood House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"415 S. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Smithfield","county":"Johnston County","state":"NC","lat":35.506113191000054,"lon":-78.34732868899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Italianate house at 415 South 4th Street in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, built between 1887 and 1889 for local druggist Thomas Ruffin Hood, with C.S. Byrd as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, well-preserved example of Italianate bracketed residential architecture in Smithfield and one of two such houses to survive the 1889 fire. It marked the town's shift from simple vernacular building to higher-style architecture during its prosperous years after the railroad arrived in 1882. It also had one of the town's first indoor bathrooms.","narrative":"Built between 1887 and 1889 for druggist Thomas Ruffin Hood, this two-story frame house at South 4th and Davis Streets in Smithfield is a T-shaped Italianate dwelling with a standing-seam metal roof, clipped gables, sawn brackets, segmental arched windows, three-sided bay windows and tall corbelled chimneys. Inside, a central hall holds an open string stair with turned newel and balusters, along with oak mantels and decorative door hardware. C.S. Byrd was the builder. The house is one of two Italianate bracketed houses that survived the 1889 fire that devastated much of the town. It reflects the prosperity that followed the Midland Railroad's arrival in 1882 and the move from plain vernacular designs to more fashionable styles. It also had one of Smithfield's earliest indoor bathrooms. Later owners divided it into apartments in the 1930s, and restoration began in the 1970s. A lot much smaller than the original half block now surrounds it.","period_of_significance":"1887-1889","architect_builder":"Byrd, C.S.","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as well cared for and relatively intact; in use as a single dwelling, restored beginning in the 1970s with some modifications. A carriage house on the lot is noncontributing because of 1942 alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.493339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7209/47720966/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001310.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001310/6fa261ca55-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001310/6fa261ca55-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hood-Strickland_house_(Smithfield_NC)_from_SSW_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hood-Strickland_house_(Smithfield_NC)_from_SSW_1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000443","name":"Brooklyn Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/brooklyn-historic-district-00000443/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720966","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood-Strickland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/johnston-county/hood-strickland-house-90001310/"}