{"nrhp_refnum":"91001172","name":"Wagoner, Simeon, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5838 NC 61 (Friedens Church Rd.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gibsonville","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.12536874500006,"lon":-79.55836405399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse with a rear dairy and two later outbuildings, on 2.85 acres along North Carolina Highway 61 (Friedens Church Road) near Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1861 for merchant and farmer Simeon Wagoner and his wife Elizabeth.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a unique antebellum example of Italianate style in Guilford County, shown in its corbelling and recessed brick panels. It combines a traditional center-hall, single-pile form and Greek Revival interior with up-to-date exterior finish. The Italianate details were probably influenced by North Carolina Railroad buildings in Burlington or elsewhere along the line.","narrative":"Built in 1861 for Simeon Wagoner, a farmer, tanner, whiskey distiller, brickmaker and storekeeper, this two-story brick house stands near Gibsonville in northeastern Guilford County. Its plan is a familiar center-hall, single-pile form common across the Piedmont, and its interior carries restrained Greek Revival woodwork. The exterior is what sets it apart: recessed brick panels, corbelled arches and projecting brick details give it an Italianate finish found nowhere else among the county's antebellum buildings. The nomination suggests Wagoner and his wife Elizabeth saw such styles through the nearby North Carolina Railroad, whose Burlington repair buildings used similar brickwork. Clay for the bricks was dug and fired across the road. A brick dairy survives behind the house, along with two later outbuildings. Porches have changed over time, but the brickwork and interior finishes remain largely intact, and open fields still surround the property. It was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1861","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with a secondary structure; exterior brickwork and interior woodwork are described as largely intact, with porch changes and some modern additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.377362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7205/47720510/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001172.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001172/fb348181df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001172/fb348181df-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simeon_Wagoner_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simeon_Wagoner_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720510","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Wagoner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21188023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/wagoner-simeon-house-91001172/"}