{"nrhp_refnum":"08000777","name":"Carter, Wilbur and Martha, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1012 Country Club Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.098550561000025,"lon":-79.80879194799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story Modernist house at 1012 Country Club Drive in Greensboro's Irving Park neighborhood, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1951 for Wilbur Lee Carter Jr. and Martha Sauvain Carter and designed by Edward Loewenstein.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant as an intact early example of Modernist residential design in Greensboro, and that it is the earliest identified Modernist house in the city. It is presented as Loewenstein's first Modernist residential commission in Greensboro and as showing the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. The house also received a 1955 Award of Merit from the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects.","narrative":"Built in 1951 in Greensboro's Irving Park neighborhood, the single-story house is an L-plan dwelling with a south-facing front wing and a north-extending bedroom wing. Architect Edward Loewenstein designed it for Wilbur Lee Carter Jr., a vice-president of Southern Life Insurance Company, and his wife Martha. The house uses native bluestone floors, red brick, and vertical wormy chestnut siding, and includes a glass-walled sunroom, a radiant heating system, and built-in closets and cupboards in place of separate closets. Its plan reflects the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses, especially in the carport, the sheltered entrance, and the open living spaces. The nomination regards it as the first Modernist house in Greensboro and Loewenstein's first Modernist residential commission in the city. It was published in Architectural Record in 1952 and received a state AIA award in 1955.","period_of_significance":"1951","architect_builder":"Loewenstein, Edward, architect; Smith, Blair L., interior designer; Brooks Lumber Company, builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Continuously occupied as a residence since construction; new owners purchased the house in 2004 and it is again home to a young family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.320828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7205/47720524/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08000777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000777/f3453c35f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000777/f3453c35f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rhpotter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilbur_and_Martha_Carter_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhpotter</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilbur_and_Martha_Carter_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_and_Martha_Carter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460875"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/carter-wilbur-and-martha-house-08000777/"}