{"nrhp_refnum":"82001298","name":"Latham-Baker House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"412 Fisher Park Circle","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.082328680000046,"lon":-79.79137744199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Prairie-style house of random-coursed rock-faced granite with a green terra cotta tile roof, situated on a hillside at 412 Fisher Park Circle overlooking Fisher Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was built about 1913 for cotton broker James Edwin Latham and his family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a very rare residential example of the Prairie idiom in Greensboro, the only specimen of the style identified by a 1976 city-wide inventory of historic architecture. It is tied to the early twentieth-century development of Fisher Park, the city's first suburban neighborhood, and to the Latham and Baker families, including Maude Moore Latham's role in the restoration of Tryon's Palace.","narrative":"Built about 1913 on a hillside overlooking Fisher Park in Greensboro, this two-story house is a regional adaptation of the Prairie style, with a low hip roof, broad projecting eaves, and a green terra cotta tile roof. Its random-coursed, rock-faced granite walls are unusual for the style, and a smooth granite belt course emphasizes its horizontal lines. The architect was Wells L. Brewer, and the stonework was done by Andrew Leopold Schlosser. The house was built for cotton broker James Edwin Latham and his family, and a south wing with a porte cochere was added around 1916. Its interior includes a two-story stairwell with a walnut-panelled library and parquet floors. The house is significant as a rare example of Prairie design in Greensboro and for its association with Fisher Park's early development. It is also linked to Maude Moore Latham and her daughter May Gordon Latham Kellenberger, whose work supported the reconstruction of Tryon's Palace in New Bern.","period_of_significance":"1913","architect_builder":"Wells L. Brewer (architect)","architectural_style":"Prairie School (regional adaptation)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied by Penelope Baker until 1980; property passed to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church upon her death.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.361137-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7204/47720488/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001298.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001298/084c1d11f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001298/084c1d11f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rhpotter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latham-Baker_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhpotter</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:Latham-Baker_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91002006","name":"Fisher Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fisher-park-historic-district-91002006/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham-Baker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/latham-baker-house-82001298/"}