{"nrhp_refnum":"02000502","name":"Latta, Rev. M.L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 Parker St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.798204447000046,"lon":-78.66280990399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style residence with a Tuscan order wraparound porch at 1001 Parker Street in the Oberlin area of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The house dates from about 1905 and is set on a two-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the sole surviving resource associated with Latta University and its founder, Reverend Morgan L. Latta. It is also described as one of the largest and most fashionable houses in Oberlin and an intact example of Queen Anne design in the community.","narrative":"Two-story Queen Anne house built about 1905 on a two-acre lot at 1001 Parker Street in Oberlin, a freedmen's village later absorbed into Raleigh. Its irregular massing, cross gables, slate roof and wraparound porch with Tuscan columns are classical touches on the style. The house is associated with Reverend Morgan London Latta, born enslaved in 1853, who founded Latta University in 1892 as a privately funded school independent of any church. Latta raised money through travel and speeches and promoted the school through an 1903 autobiography. The university closed around 1922, and Latta lost his Oberlin property by 1931. The nomination treats the house as the only surviving building linked to the school and to Latta's life in the community. Its size and fashionable design are cited as evidence of his prominence, set against the modest housing typical of Oberlin at the time.","period_of_significance":"c. 1905-1922","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne with Colonial Revival (classical) influence","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The house is in fair condition and retains sufficient integrity; it is occupied by a present owner.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.125401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/7186/47718675/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000502/5806c7d1ad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000502/5806c7d1ad-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Illustration by the Tucker Engraving Company","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latta_University_faculty_and_students.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Illustration by the Tucker Engraving Company</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latta_University_faculty_and_students.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718675","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._M._L._Latta_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7317686"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/latta-rev-m-l-house-02000502/"}