{"nrhp_refnum":"73001380","name":"Coleman-White House","other_names":["Whitesome"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Halifax and Hall Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Warrenton","county":"Warren County","state":"NC","lat":36.39125838700005,"lon":-78.15388382999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Federal-style dwelling, also called Whitesome, on the south side of Halifax Street in Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. Dr. Littleton H. Coleman built it between 1821 and 1824.","why_significant":"It is an important and well-preserved member of a regional group of late Federal houses linked by elaborate, inventive Adamesque ornament. It connects the surviving houses in Warren and Halifax counties with the lost Montmorenci and Prospect Hill. Its triple facade windows are now unique in the state, and its Palladian entrance is intricately detailed.","narrative":"Whitesome, also known as the Coleman-White House, is a two-story frame house on Halifax Street in Warrenton, North Carolina. Dr. Littleton H. Coleman built it between 1821 and 1824. The house is a rectangular block three bays wide under a gable roof, with a Palladian entrance, triple windows on the facade and a Palladian window above the door. Inside, a center hall plan is finished with reeded and gouged woodwork and elaborate plaster ceiling medallions and cornices in the hall and main parlor. It was listed because it belongs to a regional group of late Federal houses decorated in an inventive Adamesque manner, including Montmorenci, Prospect Hill and Elgin. Since Montmorenci and Prospect Hill are gone, its facade window treatment is the only known surviving example in North Carolina. Later owners included merchant Thomas White, who bought it in 1837, and William Jones White, a Confederate quartermaster, who acquired it in 1873. Robert E. Lee's 1870 visit to Warrenton is linked to the White family.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1821-1824)","architect_builder":"Dr. Littleton H. Coleman (builder/original owner)","architectural_style":"Late Federal (Adamesque ornament)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition stated as excellent; occupied as a private residence; the rear has been altered by expansion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.246948-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7226/47722698/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001380.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722698","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman-White_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708886"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/warren-county/coleman-white-house-73001380/"}