Peace, John Mask, House
Also known as: Bambro Plantation
Why it's listed
Built around 1840 near Fairport in southeast Granville County, this two-story frame house is a well-preserved example of Greek Revival domestic architecture. According to family tradition, John Mask Peace built it on land from Bambro, the Peace family plantation. The house has a low hipped roof, a center-hall plan with eight rooms, and a one-story front porch carried on four fluted columns. Fluted window and door trim with square corner blocks, wide pine floors, plaster walls and a distinctive sawnwork-detailed stair survive inside. Its double-pile form and interior chimneys are uncommon among surviving Granville County houses, and it keeps more of its original setting, workmanship and materials than most comparable examples. Later changes include a concrete-block foundation infill in the 1960s, asphalt roofing in the 1970s, and a new rear sun-porch. Five outbuildings from about 1940, including a smokehouse, chicken coop, two tobacco barns and a livestock barn, stand nearby. The house was listed for its architecture.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is one of the few intact examples of a two-story, double-pile, frame, Greek Revival house with interior chimneys in Granville County. It retains characteristic Greek Revival elements such as a low hipped roof, center-hall plan, massive porch columns and cornerblock window and door surrounds. It also has strong integrity of setting, workmanship and materials compared with other surviving local examples.
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 03000301, listed April 22, 2003. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | NC 1613, approx. 0.5 mi. SE of jct. with NC 1615 at Peace's Chapel, Fairport |
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| County | Granville County |
| Listed | April 22, 2003 |
| Reference number | 03000301 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | Circa 1840 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown (family tradition credits John Mask Peace as builder) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Owners are renovating the house for use as a bed and breakfast inn; it remains a single dwelling, with a later rear addition removed and a sun-porch and bathroom built. |
| Acreage | 5 |
| Coordinates | 36.22092, -78.51106 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 03000301.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18711633
- This listing as JSON
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