{"nrhp_refnum":"74001347","name":"Mount Prospect","other_names":["Exum Lewis,Jr.,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of SR 1409 and SR 1428","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leggett","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":36.00767719500004,"lon":-77.64118064813314,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mount Prospect (the Exum Lewis, Jr., House) is a two-story frame late Georgian plantation house near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, built sometime between 1772 and 1796 by either Etheldred Williams, James Williams, Sr., or Exum Lewis, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the main block is a handsome, essentially unaltered Georgian house with a 'Quaker' plan and fine traditional finish. It was the home of Exum Lewis, Jr., an influential Edgecombe County postmaster, storekeeper, mill-owner and planter, who hosted Methodist pioneer Francis Asbury in 1815. Surviving outbuildings, a family cemetery, a boxwood garden and an orchard add to its setting.","narrative":"Mount Prospect is a two-story frame plantation house of late Georgian style in the countryside near Leggett, Edgecombe County. Its five-bay main block rests on a brick cellar and follows a \"Quaker\" plan, with one large room on one side and two smaller rooms on the other, each heated by corner fireplaces. Inside, flat-paneled wainscot and a distinctive fluted mantel mark the finish. Later additions at the rear are plain. The house sits among surviving outbuildings, including an office, an unusually large smokehouse, a brick dairy and a barn, along with a family graveyard, a boxwood garden and an orchard. Exum Lewis, Jr., lived here and assembled a plantation of about 905 acres. He was a storekeeper, mill-owner, postmaster and chairman of the county court, and in 1815 he hosted the Methodist pioneer Francis Asbury. The house was probably built by the Williams family or Lewis between 1772 and 1796.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (late 18th century)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian (vernacular Georgian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition though somewhat neglected in recent years; unoccupied at the time of nomination and used as a tenant house; private residence category.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.341726-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7200/47720098/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001347.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720098","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Prospect_(Leggett,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711619"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/mount-prospect-74001347/"}