{"nrhp_refnum":"93001192","name":"Spoon, A. L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1107 N side, 0.7 mi. SW of jct. with NC 1005","address_restricted":false,"city":"Snow Camp","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":35.91530937600004,"lon":-79.52084609699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story hall-and-parlor log farmhouse built in 1834 with an adjoining one-story timber-frame wing added about 1850, on the north side of SR 1107 near Snow Camp in southwest Alamance County, North Carolina. A log barn and two later outbuildings stand nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as a largely unaltered example of a two-story hall-and-parlor log house and of a log house expanded with a frame addition. The mid-nineteenth century double-crib, center-passage log barn is also largely intact and representative of its type. The property is tied to the Spoon family, who settled the area in the late eighteenth century and built up a large farm.","narrative":"Built in 1834, this two-story log house in southwest Alamance County follows a hall-and-parlor plan, with oak logs joined by V-notching. A one-story timber-frame wing, probably a kitchen, was added around 1850. Front elevations keep flush-board sheathing, while the sides and rear were reclad in 1935. Inside, original features survive, including a paneled mantelpiece, a plank partition wall with chair rail, and plank floors. The house never received plumbing and had only rudimentary electricity, so little historic fabric was disturbed. Nearby stands a mid-nineteenth century double-crib log barn with a center passage, plus two twentieth-century outbuildings. The farm once covered about 400 acres and was held by the Spoon family, who settled the area in the late eighteenth century. Alfred L. Spoon, born in 1849, is the person for whom the house is named. Listed for its architecture, the property is valued as a largely unaltered example of local log construction. The house has stood vacant since 1987.","period_of_significance":"C. 1834; C. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: log, multi-room plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house was occupied by renters until 1987 and has been vacant since. It is somewhat deteriorated, but the roof is sound and the building stable. The log barn is still used for hay storage.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.849681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7172/47717212/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93001192.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717212","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._L._Spoon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17509239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/spoon-a-l-house-93001192/"}