{"nrhp_refnum":"94000529","name":"Herring, Needham Whitfield, House","other_names":["Murray House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 NC 24-50","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kenansville","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":34.95810051400008,"lon":-77.98060763799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame plantation house with later rear wings, outbuildings and a garden setting, located one-half mile west of Kenansville in Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1853 for physician and planter Dr. Needham Whitfield Herring.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house represents the mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival style at its best in Kenansville and Duplin County, with a distinctive double-story porch, paneled details and a curving staircase. It also cites three surviving antebellum outbuildings and the rural plantation setting, which was largely retained after the house was moved about two hundred yards in the 1920s.","narrative":"Built in 1853 for Dr. Needham Whitfield Herring, a physician and planter, this two-story frame house near Kenansville sits on part of a 551-acre plantation west of town. Its Greek Revival design includes a three-bay front with a double-story pedimented porch, paneled square posts, corner pilasters and six-over-six windows under pedimented hoods. The interior centers on a wide hall and a curving staircase with a walnut handrail, and the parlors keep original moldings, rosette corner blocks and ceiling medallions. Two wings added about 1890 extended the house to the rear without changing its original plan. Three antebellum outbuildings, a smokehouse, carriage house and barn, survive with it. The house and outbuildings were moved about two hundred yards in the 1920s and turned to face the new highway, but the surrounding open fields and landscaping still convey the look of a rural plantation. The property is valued as a well-preserved example of the regional Greek Revival style and its plantation setting.","period_of_significance":"1853","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied by the Murrays until recent sale; the document states plans to use the property as a specialty store and restaurant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.343915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7200/47720007/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94000529.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720007","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needham_Whitfield_Herring_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18391649"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/herring-needham-whitfield-house-94000529/"}