{"nrhp_refnum":"71000578","name":"Barracks, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 Albemarle St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tarboro","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.90237879700004,"lon":-77.54136125599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mansion at 1100 Albemarle Street in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, designed by architect William Percival for William S. Battle in 1858. It is built of salmon-colored brick on a one-acre nominated tract.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most interesting examples of the work of William Percival, a gifted but little-known architect of the period. It is also described as one of the most sumptuous and best-preserved mansions of its date in North Carolina. It retains most of its original interiors.","narrative":"Built from 1858 for William S. Battle, The Barracks is a brick mansion at 1100 Albemarle Street in Tarboro. Architect William Percival of Petersburg, Virginia, designed it on land Battle's wife inherited from her father, Francis L. Dancy. Its salmon-colored brick walls, pedimented portico with fluted columns modeled on the Tower of the Winds in Athens, paired brackets, and side loggias combine Italian Villa proportions with Greek Revival and Italianate detail. Inside, a rotunda topped by a stained glass cupola opens to parlors, a library, a dining room and a stair hall. Original louvered shutters, plaster cornices, marble mantels, parquet floors and gas chandeliers, now electrified, survive. Battle, a mill owner and delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention, lost his mills in 1863 and later transferred the house to cover debts. It was sold in 1900 and later lived in by the Howard family until about 1950. It is valued as a well-preserved example of Percival's work.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"William Percival","architectural_style":"Italian Villa massing with Greek Revival and Italianate detail","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent; the property is occupied and used as a private residence. Described as altered, with rear additions, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.167895-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7201/47720112/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000578.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80002832","name":"Tarboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/tarboro-historic-district-80002832/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barracks_(Tarboro,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711532"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/barracks-the-71000578/"}