{"nrhp_refnum":"78001971","name":"Caldwell, Luther Henry, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209 Caldwell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumberton","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.622543396000026,"lon":-79.01071744199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style frame residence at 209 Caldwell Street, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, built in the 1890s for merchant Luther Henry Caldwell on the bank of the Lumber River.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the best preserved example of late-nineteenth century residential architecture in Lumberton. It was also the home of Luther Henry Caldwell, a leading merchant, banker and philanthropist known as Lumberton's \"merchant prince.\" It is tied to the town's growth as the commercial center of Robeson County.","narrative":"Set at the south end of Caldwell Street in Lumberton, this Queen Anne style house was built in the 1890s for Luther Henry Caldwell, a merchant whose dry goods and farm supply firm made him known as the town's \"merchant prince.\" Caldwell bought the lot in 1893, and the brothers Moody and T. M. Burney served as principal builders. The frame house has an irregular, picturesque form with German siding, a double-tier porch with paired columns, sawn bargeboards, an octagonal porch pavilion and a hipped roof with dormers. Inside, the woodwork leans toward Colonial Revival, with carved corner blocks attributed to an Italian carpenter from Wilmington. Caldwell helped organize cotton mills, a bank and tobacco warehouses, and gave generously to Baptist and charitable causes. The house is regarded as Lumberton's best preserved late-nineteenth century residence and a local landmark. Outbuildings on the property include a 1938 house, a springhouse, a garage and a greenhouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Principal builders: brothers Moody and T. M. Burney; interior woodwork attributed to an anonymous Italian ship carpenter from Wilmington","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition, altered by a 1935-1936 remodeling that added a kitchen and central heating; flood damage from 1963-1964 was repaired.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.083454-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7219/47721952/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001971.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001971/e57ea4a9ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001971/e57ea4a9ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luther_Henry_Caldwell_house_(Lumberton_NC)_from_NE_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luther_Henry_Caldwell_house_(Lumberton_NC)_from_NE_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721952","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Henry_Caldwell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19871794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/caldwell-luther-henry-house-78001971/"}