{"nrhp_refnum":"79003335","name":"Biggs, Asa, House and Site","other_names":["31 Mt 64"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 E. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamston","county":"Martin County","state":"NC","lat":35.85626962300006,"lon":-77.05634884199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house and archaeological site at 100 East Church Street in Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, begun in 1835 as the home of jurist and politician Asa Biggs and enlarged over time into a T-plan.","why_significant":"The house is the building most closely associated with Asa Biggs, a prominent North Carolina jurist and politician who lived there from 1835 until his family left during the Civil War. It is also a representative example of regional vernacular building, blending Federal and Greek Revival details through successive additions. Archaeological work on the lot found an original brick sidewalk and refuse pits that could yield further information.","narrative":"Begun in 1835 at the corner of Church and Smithwick streets in Williamston, this house was the home of Asa Biggs (1811-1878), a North Carolina lawyer, congressman, U.S. senator, and federal and later Confederate district judge. It began as a two-story, side-hall-plan house in the late Federal style. Biggs added rooms as his family of ten children grew, and the later additions use a plain, locally interpreted Greek Revival style. The result is a nearly T-shaped plan with an awkward but distinctive front facade that records the sequence of enlargements. Original Federal interiors survive. Biggs's family left the house in 1862 when Union troops approached the town, and his law office was ransacked. Archaeological digging in 1978 uncovered the original brick sidewalk and indicated refuse pits, suggesting that outbuildings and other features may remain. The property is now owned by the Martin County Historical Society, which uses it as its headquarters.","period_of_significance":"1838-1865","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Federal with vernacular Greek Revival additions","criteria":["B","C","D"],"status_note":"Owned by the Martin County Historical Society and used as its headquarters; condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.442106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7211/47721179/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003335.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003335/67f25613e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003335/67f25613e9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Williamston,_NC_-_Asa_Biggs_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Williamston,_NC_-_Asa_Biggs_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01001095","name":"Williamston Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/williamston-historic-district-01001095/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721179","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Biggs_House_and_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/martin-county/biggs-asa-house-and-site-79003335/"}