{"nrhp_refnum":"77001001","name":"Campbell, James Archibald, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 421","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buies Creek","county":"Harnett County","state":"NC","lat":35.407830973000046,"lon":-78.74968413299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story frame house on the north side of US 421, about one mile west of the Campbell College campus in Buies Creek, Harnett County, North Carolina. It was built in 1891 for James Archibald Campbell and expanded through several additions during his residency.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the history of Campbell College, which grew from Buies Creek Academy, founded by James A. Campbell in 1887. It served as a social and community center for students and was the home of Campbell, whose two sons also became college presidents. The nomination also notes a picturesque design with projecting pavilions and repeated gables.","narrative":"Built in 1891 on the edge of Buies Creek, North Carolina, this one-and-one-half story frame house was the home of James Archibald Campbell, founder of Buies Creek Academy, which became Campbell College. The house grew through several additions made during his lifetime. It has a hip-roofed main block, two projecting front pavilions with pyramidal roofs and false gables, circular louvered vents, and a shed porch with turned posts. From the start it served as a community center for the school, housing boarding students, hosting commencement speakers, and anchoring graduation festivities. Campbell led the academy through a destructive 1900 fire and its growth into a junior college, renamed for him in 1926, and remained president until his death in 1934. His sons Leslie and Carlyle also became college presidents. The college acquired the house in 1943. It was later unused, with plans to convert it to a museum, and it was moved a short distance in 1965 for highway widening.","period_of_significance":"1891-1934","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The house is owned by Campbell College and was not in use at the time of nomination; plans were under consideration to restore it as a history museum. It was moved a few feet back from the road in 1965 for highway widening, and a later boundary revision approved in 1979 allowed a further move of about 150 feet within the original lot.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.012495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7207/47720746/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001001.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720746","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Archibald_Campbell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460784"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/harnett-county/campbell-james-archibald-house-77001001/"}