{"nrhp_refnum":"77001005","name":"Boyd, James, House","other_names":["Weymouth"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ridge Rd. and Connecticut Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southern Pines","county":"Moore County","state":"NC","lat":35.17043549750005,"lon":-79.3829418726194,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Weymouth, the James Boyd House, is a large Colonial Revival brick house on landscaped grounds at Ridge Road and Connecticut Avenue in Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1920s and allegedly designed by architect Aymur Embry.","why_significant":"The house was the home of historical novelist James Boyd during his productive career, and it is where he wrote Drums (1925) and Marching On. It served as a literary colony and as headquarters of the Moore County Hounds. The nomination argues its value lies in its role as an artistic and cultural haven for the region.","narrative":"Weymouth is a large, rambling Colonial Revival brick house in Southern Pines, built in the 1920s for novelist James Boyd on an estate his grandfather had founded earlier in the century. Local sources name New York architect Aymur Embry as the designer. The two-story central block has a double-gallery porch with Doric and Ionic columns, flanked by hyphens and wings under a slate roof. Inside, a large paneled room with Corinthian pilasters and a Federal-style mantel is the most elaborate space. The grounds include a gatehouse, a stable, a boxwood parterre, and a pool area. Boyd moved to Southern Pines in 1920 and lived here for the rest of his life. He wrote Drums, a hit novel of the American Revolution published in 1925, and followed it with Marching On. The house sheltered a literary circle that drew writers such as Thomas Wolfe and Sherwood Anderson, and it headquartered the Moore County Hounds.","period_of_significance":"1920s","architect_builder":"Aymur Embry (allegedly)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, with predominant Georgian elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence in good condition; the swimming pool and tennis court suffer from neglect, and part of the house serves as a caretaker's apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.337849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7214/47721470/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001005/628ed981ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001005/628ed981ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JAMES_BOYD_HOUSE,_SOUTHERN_PINES,_MOORE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:JAMES_BOYD_HOUSE,_SOUTHERN_PINES,_MOORE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91001875","name":"Southern Pines Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/southern-pines-historic-district-91001875/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721470","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boyd_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460631"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/moore-county/boyd-james-house-77001005/"}