Paschall-Daniel House
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Why it's listed
Built in the 1850s as a two-story, T-plan residence south of Oxford, the Paschall-Daniel House is a Greek Revival dwelling of timber framing sheathed in beaded weatherboards. Dr. Zebulon M. Paschall is believed to have raised it between 1852 and 1858. Its front porch has six octagonal columns, and its twelve-over-twelve front windows open to the porch almost like doors. Inside, the rooms are ranked by importance through fluted surrounds, crossetted mantels and wainscoting, with the finest detailing in the front parlors. Its paired and triple octagonal chimney pots are a rare antebellum Gothic Revival touch in the county. Later owners included a professor and grocery merchant G. Norman Daniel, who kept dairy cattle here. Eight outbuildings, including a milking barn and log tobacco barn, still stand behind the house, illustrating small-town rural life into the early twentieth century.
Significance in brief: The house is argued to be one of the most intact and striking Greek Revival examples in Oxford, retaining nearly all its original interior and exterior finish. Its rare octagonal chimney pots reflect a Gothic Revival influence unusual for antebellum county residences. The surviving outbuildings, tied to a mid-twentieth-century dairy operation, are presented as evidence of rural life in a small town during the bright leaf tobacco era.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88001263, listed June 4, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 712 Raleigh St., Oxford |
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| County | Granville County |
| Listed | June 4, 1992 |
| Reference number | 88001263 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1850s-1937 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Now within Oxford's bounds; the house remains in the Daniel family line and is held in an estate after 1987, with outbuildings and fields still standing. |
| Acreage | 7.2 |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88001263.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18711632
- This listing as JSON
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