{"nrhp_refnum":"76001350","name":"Weil, Solomon and Henry, Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"204 and 200 W. Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goldsboro","county":"Wayne County","state":"NC","lat":35.381820583000035,"lon":-78.99919916399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two nearly identical two-story frame houses at 200 and 204 West Chestnut Street in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, built in 1875 by the merchant brothers Solomon and Henry Weil.","why_significant":"The houses are well-preserved examples of Victorian architecture with eclectic sawn and turned woodwork. They are also tied to the Weil family, Jewish merchants who rose from peddlers to prominent businessmen and civic contributors in Goldsboro. Henry's daughter Gertrude Weil was active in the women's suffrage movement and progressive causes.","narrative":"Set in a landscaped park on West Chestnut Street in Goldsboro, two matching frame houses were built in 1875 for brothers Solomon and Henry Weil. Each is two stories with an attic, a center-hall plan, intersecting gables, bracketed eaves, bay windows and verandas trimmed in sawn and turned woodwork. Inside, the parlors, parquet floors, mantels and early bathrooms survive largely intact, and the houses had running water and gas lighting when few in town did. The Weils came from Germany by way of Baltimore, began as peddlers and built a successful general store near the railroad tracks. They also invested in real estate and brick-making. Their family contributed to the town's cultural and educational life, and Gertrude Weil, Henry's daughter, worked for women's suffrage and other progressive causes. The architect is undocumented, though G. S. Appleget is suggested as a possibility. In 1929 the Solomon Weil House became a public library.","period_of_significance":"1874-1875","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good. The Solomon Weil House was given to Wayne County in 1929 for use as a public library. A data sheet lists the present function as residential (vacant) and government (library). The cover letter says the property was in danger of being destroyed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.641182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7228/47722817/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001350/367126ef37-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001350/367126ef37-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Msgt programmer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Weil_house.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Msgt programmer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Weil_house.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722817","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_and_Henry_Weil_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436315"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wayne-county/weil-solomon-and-henry-houses-76001350/"}