{"nrhp_refnum":"06000868","name":"Eure-Roberts House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"212 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gatesville","county":"Gates County","state":"NC","lat":36.40655573300006,"lon":-76.75226173499993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gable frame house at 212 West Main Street in Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, built about 1850 and remodeled about 1901, with a contributing smokehouse to the rear. It is a side-passage, double-pile plan house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C for its two building campaigns: the original c. 1850 side-passage, double-pile house, which is a simple vernacular version of Federal-style forms with Greek Revival traits, and the c. 1901 late Victorian remodeling. It is one of only three surviving side-passage double-pile houses in Gates County and is among the earliest standing buildings in Gatesville.","narrative":"Built about 1850 on Main Street in Gatesville, the county seat, this two-story, double-pile frame house has a side passage and two parlors on the first floor. Henry L. Eure is recorded as its first owner, and the house was completed around the time of his marriage to Martha J. Lovett in December 1850. About 1901, Edward R. Roberts and his wife Annie Elizabeth Cowper Roberts remodeled it with a wraparound porch, bracketed cornice, and shingled front gable, and added a room with its own porch entrance. The original interior survives in large part, including the stair, paneled mantels, and reeded door and window surrounds. The house is one of only three side-passage double-pile houses left in Gates County. Its plan and finish are regarded as a simple, vernacular interpretation of Federal forms combined with Greek Revival character, and the Victorian changes document the town's late nineteenth-century building boom that followed the arrival of the railroad in the 1880s.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850, ca. 1901","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has been used as a rental property since the late 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.668635-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7204/47720429/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000868.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000868/08f71f90ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000868/08f71f90ba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eure-Roberts_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eure-Roberts_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720429","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eure-Roberts_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gates-county/eure-roberts-house-06000868/"}