{"nrhp_refnum":"98000276","name":"Jacocks, Jonathan Hill, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of New Hope Rd. and Jacocks Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hope Township","county":"Perquimans County","state":"NC","lat":36.14666489200005,"lon":-76.26592635399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame plantation house on New Hope Road in New Hope Township, Perquimans County, North Carolina, built in stages from about 1815, enlarged about 1838, and given a two-story portico around 1847-1848. The nominated 1.75-acre lot also holds an antebellum smokehouse and a 1930s-40s garage.","why_significant":"The house combines a Federal-style dwelling of about 1815 with a Greek Revival enlargement and portico, built for Jonathan Hill Jacocks, a wealthy planter and state legislator. Its interior finish is linked to local master builder James Leigh. It also has rare surviving details, including an antebellum sawn-plank smokehouse and a chimney that still holds its wooden construction form.","narrative":"Rising from broad farm fields on Durants Neck in Perquimans County, this two-story frame house is really two houses joined in an L shape. The earliest part, a side-passage Federal dwelling, was built about 1815 for Joshua S. Whedbee. About 1838 Jonathan Hill Jacocks, a wealthy planter who served in the North Carolina General Assembly and at the 1835 constitutional convention, enlarged it into a center-passage Greek Revival plantation seat with a large rear ell. A full-width two-story portico with six Doric pillars was most likely added in 1847-1848. Inside, the Federal woodwork of the original rooms survives alongside Greek Revival mantels, folding and pocket doors, and a stair whose details are tied to local builder James Leigh. The 1.75-acre lot also contains an antebellum sawn-plank smokehouse, a rare surviving example of its type, and a 1930s or 1940s garage. The house is significant for its architecture and for its association with a prominent planter.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Attributed to builder James Leigh (stair and finish); original house built for Joshua S. Whedbee","architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress, and the text refers to a planned rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.51955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7217/47721755/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98000276.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721755","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hill_Jacocks_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/perquimans-county/jacocks-jonathan-hill-house-98000276/"}