{"nrhp_refnum":"80002834","name":"Savage, Dr. J. A., House","other_names":["The Albion Academy"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"124 College St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklinton","county":"Franklin County","state":"NC","lat":36.09877477500004,"lon":-78.45724808299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house on a corner lot in Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina, at 124 College Street, built as a one-story building circa 1880 and enlarged circa 1895 as the residence of Dr. John A. Savage, principal of the Albion Academy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of only two remaining buildings marking the Albion Academy (1878-1933), a school for black elementary and high school students founded by the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen. It is associated with post-Civil War humanitarian efforts for black education and with Dr. Savage, the school's second principal and its primary leader throughout its operation.","narrative":"Franklinton's Savage House began as a one-story classroom or dormitory built around 1880 for the Albion Academy, a school for black students founded in 1878 by the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen. After Dr. John A. Savage became principal around 1895, he enlarged the building as his residence, adding a second floor, a kitchen ell, an octagonal bell tower and two-story wraparound porches between 1895 and 1905. The house is a frame building with a tin crossgable roof, weatherboard siding and a brick and stone pier foundation. The school grew to about 500 students at its peak and offered elementary through high school training for future teachers, farmers, nurses and mechanics. Savage led the academy until his death in 1933. The house is one of only two surviving buildings from the academy, which is regarded as one of the earliest and largest schools for black education in the region after the Civil War.","period_of_significance":"1880-1933","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Rented as a duplex and still owned by the family; the Albion Academy has deteriorated and the former dining hall is used by a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.714177-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7203/47720361/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002834/d9b6dd4ba0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002834/d9b6dd4ba0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_Street_vacant_lot,_Franklinton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_Street_vacant_lot,_Franklinton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._J._A._Savage_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21261651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/franklin-county/savage-dr-j-a-house-80002834/"}