{"nrhp_refnum":"82003451","name":"Cedar Lane","other_names":["Fountain House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Tarboro off NC 44","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leggett","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.984875122000034,"lon":-77.50771230114842,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival farmhouse with its surrounding outbuildings, set at the end of a cedar-lined lane east of NC 44 near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built in the late 1840s for James D. Savage.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an excellent, little-altered example of the vernacular Greek Revival house type found on medium-size farms in eastern North Carolina. It was the seat of a moderately prosperous plantation before and after the Civil War. It was also the childhood home of the nine Fountain children, who became civic leaders, including Lieutenant Governor Richard Tilman Fountain (1929-1933).","narrative":"Cedar Lane is a two-story, double-pile frame farmhouse reached by a long lane lined with old cedars, near Leggett in Edgecombe County. Built in the late 1840s for James D. Savage, it is a plain but well-proportioned example of vernacular Greek Revival design, with a hip roof, a one-story porch on square posts, a central hall, and back-to-back fireplaces. A cook's house, dairy, smokehouse, tool shed, barn and carriage house survive from about the same period. Savage farmed the land with enslaved labor, and the property remained a moderately prosperous plantation after the Civil War. Almon Fountain later acquired it, and his nine surviving children grew up there to become civic leaders. One son, Richard Tilman Fountain, served as speaker of the state House and as lieutenant governor from 1929 to 1933. The property was listed for its architecture, its link to the Fountain family, and its picture of rural farm life in eastern North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the house has been rented since 1972 and is described as still in fine condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.855851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7201/47720132/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003451.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Lane_(Leggett,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711544"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/cedar-lane-82003451/"}