{"nrhp_refnum":"76001312","name":"Longwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Milton on NC 62","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Caswell County","state":"NC","lat":36.52789761300005,"lon":-79.21904486899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Longwood is an antebellum plantation complex southwest of Milton in Caswell County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story frame L-shaped house built in three stages (ca. 1810, 1830, 1855) with a kitchen and log outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Caswell County's most architecturally significant farm complexes, with distinct, largely unaltered Federal and Greek Revival sections. The Greek Revival north wing is described as one of the most complete survivals of woodwork in the idiom attributed to Thomas Day. Romulus Saunders, a prominent politician, is believed to have lived there early in his career.","narrative":"Longwood is a plantation on a hill above N.C. 62 southwest of Milton, in Caswell County. Its main house is a two-story frame L-shaped building assembled in three stages: an early core, a Federal block four bays wide, and a Greek Revival north wing. Surviving outbuildings include a frame kitchen, a log corn crib, a log tenant house and a log tobacco barn. The Federal interiors are almost unaltered and include an elaborate three-part mantel. The north wing has fluted window surrounds, elliptically arched niches and a mantel with Ionic colonnettes in the manner attributed to cabinetmaker Thomas Day. The complex was judged one of Caswell County's most architecturally significant farm properties. Local tradition links it to Romulus Saunders, a congressman, judge and minister to Spain, though the record suggests he lived there only about two years. Dr. John T. Garland is thought to have built the Greek Revival section around 1850. The nominated area is seven acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered; the owners were restoring the house at the time. The kitchen was dilapidated, and the tobacco barn was being converted to a painting studio.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.463702-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/7194/47719475/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001312.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001312/02dcf6b536-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001312/02dcf6b536-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Longwood_plantation_house_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Longwood_plantation_house_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719475","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwood_(Milton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153793"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/caswell-county/longwood-76001312/"}