{"nrhp_refnum":"76001348","name":"Latham House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plymouth","county":"Washington County","state":"NC","lat":35.867208281000046,"lon":-76.74591033499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 311 East Main Street in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, built about 1850 for Charles Latham on a high brick basement.","why_significant":"The house is described as Plymouth's principal domestic landmark, with a raised basement unusual for the region and bold Greek Revival finish. It was built for Charles Latham, a prominent local political figure. A strong local tradition holds that townspeople sheltered in its basement during the 1864 Battle of Plymouth.","narrative":"Built around 1850 for Charles Latham, a locally prominent politician, this two-story frame house at 311 East Main Street in Plymouth is a Greek Revival dwelling three bays wide and two deep. Its most unusual feature is a high brick basement, rare in coastal Washington County. The plan has a center hall with two rooms on each side, and simple fluted-strip trim repeats on corner posts, windows, doors and mantels. Later changes include Italianate-style brackets, an extended front porch with a porte-cochere, and a partition dividing the hall. The house is regarded as the town's chief domestic landmark. Local tradition says townspeople crowded into the basement during the 1864 Battle of Plymouth, and fighting reportedly took place on the lawn. Latham served as high sheriff and in the state legislature, and his son Louis served in Congress. The house passed through descendants, and at the time of listing it stood vacant while a foundation sought to buy and restore it.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant at the time of nomination; a local foundation held an option to buy it and planned restoration as a community center, museum and headquarters.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.825792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7227/47722754/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001348.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001348/8650d77cd4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001348/8650d77cd4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latham_House,_Plymouth.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latham_House,_Plymouth.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002140","name":"Plymouth Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/plymouth-historic-district-90002140/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722754","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679806"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/washington-county/latham-house-76001348/"}