{"nrhp_refnum":"82003497","name":"Roxboro Male Academy and Methodist Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roxboro","county":"Person County","state":"NC","lat":36.395323949000044,"lon":-78.97985178199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story house on a town lot on North Main Street in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, originally built as a residence and later used as a Methodist parsonage. Its original main block dates from the mid-nineteenth century, with late nineteenth and early twentieth century additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is among the oldest standing buildings in Roxboro and reflects changing domestic design tastes in the piedmont, moving from Greek Revival to Italianate and Colonial Revival styles. It is also associated with the Methodist ministry of William R. Webb and with businessman James Anderson Long, who helped bring the Norfolk and Western Railroad to Roxboro in 1890.","narrative":"Built as a two-story, single-pile house on North Main Street in Roxboro sometime between 1840 and 1854, the building was probably first a residence and possibly a small male academy before the Methodist Episcopal trustees bought it in 1854 as a parsonage. It served the church until 1915. A late nineteenth century addition gave the house an Italianate character, with a gable-front roof, a projecting slanted bay and sawnwork detail, and an early twentieth century Colonial Revival porch with Doric posts followed. The interior keeps Greek Revival trim in the original main block alongside Italianate and Colonial Revival mantels and a Colonial Revival stair. The house is significant for its association with William R. Webb, a Methodist minister and local official who lived there, and with James Anderson Long, a businessman tied to the railroad's arrival. It is also important as a clear record of changing domestic architecture in the North Carolina piedmont across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","period_of_significance":"1840-1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, and Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Original site, unaltered in the sense of retaining its original main block with later remodelings; condition rated fair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.164103-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7217/47721769/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003497.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003497/9a17707379-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003497/9a17707379-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roxboro_Male_Academy_and_Methodist_Parsonage.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roxboro_Male_Academy_and_Methodist_Parsonage.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721769","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxboro_Male_Academy_and_Methodist_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7372383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/person-county/roxboro-male-academy-and-methodist-parsonage-82003497/"}