{"nrhp_refnum":"05000322","name":"Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church","other_names":["St. James Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 N. Outterbridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Robersonville","county":"Martin County","state":"NC","lat":35.824690246000046,"lon":-77.25768977899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small frame Primitive Baptist church built about 1910 at 107 North Outterbridge Street in Robersonville, Martin County, North Carolina. It is now used as a museum and folk art gallery called St. James Place.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion C for architecture. It keeps the traditional front-gable meeting house form but adds a three-stage center tower and a single center entrance, which marked a shift in Primitive Baptist design. It is described as the second Kehukee Association church built with a center entrance from the start, and its original form and interior remain largely intact.","narrative":"Built about 1910 on a half-acre lot on Outterbridge Street in downtown Robersonville, this weatherboarded frame church served the town's Primitive Baptist congregation until it was set down in the late 1970s. The building follows the plain front-gable meeting house type, with tall six-over-six windows along each side. Its three-stage center tower and single center entrance set it apart. Earlier Primitive Baptist churches used paired entrances for men and women, and this was the second church in the Kehukee Association designed with a center entrance from the start. Inside, the plastered walls, pine wainscoting, low arched ceiling and heart pine floor remain largely as built, with bathrooms added between 1925 and 1935. The church was founded by M. T. Lawrence and Stephen W. Outterbridge. After being acquired and restored in 1992, it opened in 1993 as St. James Place Museum, displaying folk art and ceramics. It is recognized for architecture, with 1910 as its period of significance.","period_of_significance":"1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: front-gable church with tower","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored in the early 1990s and opened in 1993 as St. James Place Museum, open informally and shared with folk art and ceramics. Church services ended in the late 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.130249-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7211/47721183/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000322.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721183","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robersonville_Primitive_Baptist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341130"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/martin-county/robersonville-primitive-baptist-church-05000322/"}