{"nrhp_refnum":"82003513","name":"Gill, Thomas J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 Cronly St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Laurinburg","county":"Scotland County","state":"NC","lat":34.77556672500003,"lon":-79.46359000399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story house with a full attic at 203 Cronly Street in Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, built in 1904 by businessman Thomas J. Gill on the site of his father's late-1870s frame house.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the locally prominent Gill family, especially Edwin M. Gill, who was born there, kept it as his legal residence, and served as North Carolina State Treasurer from 1953 to 1976. It is also architecturally unusual, combining Stick Style and Bungalow influences outside with Colonial Revival interiors, which set it apart from Laurinburg's Queen Anne houses.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at 203 Cronly Street in Laurinburg, this large two-story house with a tall attic was the home of banker and civic leader Thomas J. Gill and his family. It replaced a frame house put up by his father in the late 1870s. A broad hip roof with deep eaves covers weatherboarded walls, while the attic and porch details are stuccoed and the porch has Stick Style and Bungalow brackets. Inside, Colonial Revival features include a hall screen of Tuscan columns and a wainscoted dining room. The house is regarded as unique in Laurinburg and contrasted with the Queen Anne houses of its day. It was the childhood home of Edwin M. Gill, who kept it as his legal residence while serving as State Treasurer from 1953 until his retirement. His four unmarried sisters, longtime local teachers, lived there all their lives. The family gave the house to the county historic properties commission as a memorial to Edwin Gill.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Stick Style and Bungalow influences on the exterior with Colonial Revival interior elements","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The first floor, occupied by a luncheon-tea room, was renovated in fall 1981; the house is owned by the Scotland County Historic Properties Commission.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.296429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7222/47722243/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003513.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003513/56d861ac30-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003513/56d861ac30-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nativeelderassist","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gill_House_view_2013.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nativeelderassist</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:Gill_House_view_2013.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722243","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Gill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19866566"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/scotland-county/gill-thomas-j-house-82003513/"}