{"nrhp_refnum":"92001603","name":"Belvidere","other_names":["Boyd House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1329, NE end","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsboro","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.47068965600005,"lon":-78.38437645324376,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Belvidere is a two-story, double-pile frame Greek Revival/Italianate plantation house on a low rise in rural Vance County, North Carolina, on a peninsula extending into Kerr Lake. It was built ca. 1850 for planter William H. Boyd and sits within a 15.79-acre tract with a contemporary schoolhouse and later farm outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-crafted, largely unaltered example of the work of Warrenton builder Jacob W. Holt's workshop during a transitional period when he was moving from Greek Revival detailing toward Italianate design. Its interior woodwork is Greek Revival and its exterior shows Italianate influence, with mantels and trim matching documented Holt houses.","narrative":"Built around 1850 as a two-story frame plantation house in rural Vance County, Belvidere has a double-pile plan, a high-hipped asphalt-shingled roof, and a full-width front porch. It was built for planter William H. Boyd, who had acquired the land from the Eaton family in 1848, and family tradition credits the Warrenton builder Jacob W. Holt. The house is regarded as a transitional work from Holt's workshop, which moved from Greek Revival detailing drawn from Asher Benjamin and Minard Lafever guides toward Italianate designs after William Ranlett's The Architect appeared in 1849. Its interior mantels and trim match other Holt houses in the Warrenton area, and its exterior brackets and fluted corner boards reflect the Italianate influence. The property includes a ca. 1850 schoolhouse, farm outbuildings from around 1900 to 1930, and a log smokehouse. Much of the original acreage was lost to the Kerr Lake reservoir.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Jacob W. Holt (builder), attributed through family tradition","architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied by the Larson family for restoration to its appearance ca. 1935; the document notes the Larsons are restoring the main house","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.342218-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7224/47722406/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/92001603.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_(Williamsboro,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20638814"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/belvidere-92001603/"}