{"nrhp_refnum":"82001295","name":"Meekins, Thedore S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"319 Sir Walter Raleigh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manteo","county":"Dare County","state":"NC","lat":35.908862240000076,"lon":-75.67242376199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story frame house with a three-story corner tower at 319 Sir Walter Raleigh Street on a corner lot in Manteo, Dare County, North Carolina. It was built between 1910 and 1912 by carpenters John Wilson and Joe Dailey, enlarging a small frame house acquired in 1904.","why_significant":"The house is presented as the largest private residence on Roanoke Island and a well-preserved example of late Queen Anne styling of the early 20th century, with a picturesque composition of bays, a tower, shingled gable fronts and a porch. Its owner, Theodore S. Meekins, was a contractor who built the Chicamacomico lifesaving station, a local merchant, and a political figure, which links the house to Outer Banks maritime and community history.","narrative":"Set on a rectangular corner lot in Manteo on Roanoke Island, this two-and-a-half-story frame house was built between 1910 and 1912 by local carpenters John Wilson and Joe Dailey for Theodore S. Meekins and his family. It replaced and surrounds a small one-story house that Meekins had bought in 1904, which now serves as the rear kitchen ell. The design, reportedly modeled on a photograph chosen by Meekins's wife Rosa, combines weatherboards and shingles, a three-story tower, two-story bays, splayed shingled gable fronts, and a one-story Colonial Revival porch. The house is regarded as the largest on Roanoke Island and as a well-preserved example of late Queen Anne design. Meekins was also a contractor who won the 1911 federal contract to build the Chicamacomico lifesaving station near Rodanthe, a station later noted for its rescues. He held local and state offices and ran a merchandise business in Manteo.","period_of_significance":"1910-1912","architect_builder":"John Wilson & Joe Dailey, builders","architectural_style":"Late Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The house remains in use as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.333938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7198/47719881/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001295.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001295/406d4c8d07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001295/406d4c8d07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Herbie03","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meekins_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbie03</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:Meekins_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_S._Meekins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18216985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/dare-county/meekins-thedore-s-house-82001295/"}