{"nrhp_refnum":"99000812","name":"Boney, W. Stokes, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"651 E. Southerland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wallace","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":34.74173522300006,"lon":-77.98555108301827,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 651 East Southerland Street (NC 41) on the eastern edge of Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina, built from 1878 to 1890 by W. Stokes Boney, with a ca. 1850 smokehouse and a 1890 grape arbor on the same parcel.","why_significant":"The house is unusual for the eighteen-degree inward bend of its main block, said to have been designed to fit a curving stair. It is described as the only documented nineteenth-century house in North Carolina with this arched form. It also shows regional late Greek Revival details, and the ca. 1850 log plank smokehouse is one of few remaining in the county.","narrative":"Built between 1878 and 1890 on the eastern edge of Wallace in Duplin County, this two-story weatherboard house is best known for its bent plan. The main block turns inward by eighteen degrees, and a double-tiered porch with scalloped millwork follows the curve. Mill owner and farmer W. Stokes Boney began building at age eighteen from his own drawings, reportedly to make room for a graceful curving stair. Brickmason George Blanton laid the foundation and chimneys. Details such as paneled porch posts, pilasters with molded caps and peaked window and door architraves reflect the late Greek Revival style. The form calls it the only documented nineteenth-century house in North Carolina with this arched shape. A ca. 1850 plank smokehouse, joined with half-dovetail notching, is among the few such log outbuildings left in the county. A 1890 grape arbor also survives. The land has stayed in the Boney family since 1763.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850, 1878-1890","architect_builder":"Boney, W. Stokes (builder); Blanton, George (brickmason)","architectural_style":"Other: Late Greek Revival influenced","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form says the occupant continues to live there and that the owners plan to restore the house to its original appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.599281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7176/47717687/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/99000812.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717687","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Stokes_Boney_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18395852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/boney-w-stokes-house-99000812/"}