{"nrhp_refnum":"07001411","name":"Rowland, Alfred, House","other_names":["Riverwood"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1111 Carthage Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumberton","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.629770000000065,"lon":-79.01588999999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, cross-gable, side-hall plan house in transitional Greek Revival/Italianate style on the south side of Carthage Road just west of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built circa 1875-1880 for Alfred Rowland and his wife, Susan, and is known as Riverwood.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the best local examples of the transitional Greek Revival/Italianate style in Lumberton and Robeson County, and that it appears to be the only example of this combination in the city. It is described as a vernacular Italianate interpretation with details and form reminiscent of the earlier Greek Revival, and it retains a high degree of integrity. Alfred Rowland's career in law, politics and the Confederate Army is also noted.","narrative":"Built circa 1875-1880 in Lumberton, North Carolina, Riverwood is a two-story, cross-gable house that blends Greek Revival and Italianate design. It is clad in weatherboard and has a double-tier pedimented porch with sawnwork balustrades, a full-return cornice on its gable front, and round-arched vents with hoods. The house was built for lawyer Alfred Rowland and his wife Susan, who had three children by 1880. Rowland later served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and in the U.S. Congress from 1887 to 1891. The house is regarded as one of the best local examples of this transitional style and appears to be the only one of its kind in Lumberton. Its original floorplan, heart pine floors and Greek Revival mantels survive, and later additions are easily read as separate work. Its two-over-two windows, shutters and brick chimneys also remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"circa 1875-1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has been owned by the Taylor family since 1961 and is described as well maintained with little alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.154341-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7219/47721946/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07001411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001411/70435fd631-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001411/70435fd631-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Rowland_house_(Lumberton_NC)_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Rowland_house_(Lumberton_NC)_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721946","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Rowland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436266"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/rowland-alfred-house-07001411/"}