{"nrhp_refnum":"95001448","name":"Deep River Friends Meeting House and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5300 W. Wendover Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.03184226050007,"lon":-79.96472143598672,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Quaker meeting house, cemetery and associated resources at 5300 West Wendover Avenue, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. The brick meeting house was built in 1874-1875, and the cemetery dates from the 1750s.","why_significant":"The nomination points to the meeting house's simplified Italianate detailing on a plain Quaker building, which is unusual for the region. The cemetery reflects changing Quaker burial customs and holds the graves of notable local figures, including twelve state legislators. The Deep River congregation is also tied to local education, anti-slavery activity and migration out of Guilford County.","narrative":"Deep River Friends Meeting House is a brick Quaker church and burial ground on a rise between Wendover Avenue and Penny Road in High Point, once rural and now surrounded by urban growth. The meeting house was built in 1874-1875 with simplified Italianate details: segmental-arched windows, raised brick hood molds, six-over-six sash and a Flemish bond variation in the brickwork. Its entrance at the gable end departed from the usual Quaker plan, though the building remains plain. The interior was remodeled several times, notably in 1967-1968, and brick additions sit behind it. The cemetery dates from the 1750s and shows Quaker gravestone customs, including limits on marker height. It holds the graves of Elihu Mendenhall, members of the Beard family and twelve state legislators. The congregation also supported early schools, took part in anti-slavery work and lost many families to westward migration. Services have continued since 1875, apart from a brief influenza quarantine in 1918.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Designer unknown; bricks made by William Beard (the later William Beard, d. 1888) and laid by local members.","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Meeting house exterior is in good repair and the interior has been heavily remodeled; services have been held continuously since 1875 and the cemetery remains in active use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.812604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7206/47720640/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95001448.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720640","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_River_Friends_Meeting_House_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5250271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/deep-river-friends-meeting-house-and-cemetery-95001448/"}