{"nrhp_refnum":"82003519","name":"LaGrange","other_names":["Robards-Royster House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Townsville off SR 1308","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harris Crossroads","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.40461216750006,"lon":-78.41120678095068,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-nineteenth-century frame plantation house known as LaGrange, on a stone foundation in rural Vance County, North Carolina, with about 131 acres of farmland. Parts of the house date to about 1830, with significant additions around 1850.","why_significant":"The house is presented as representative of antebellum plantation life and the post-Civil War farm economy of the region. Its simple Greek Revival interior, with marbleized trim, is described as notable. It is linked to William Robards, a Granville County planter and state treasurer, and to the Royster family, whose members included planters and physicians.","narrative":"Set on a stone foundation among soybean and tobacco fields in rural Vance County, North Carolina, this frame house was begun about 1830 by William Robards, a Granville County planter and state treasurer, and enlarged around 1850 by his son-in-law Stephen Sampson Royster. The two-story front section has simple Greek Revival character with Italianate brackets, a center-hall plan, and marbleized baseboards in gray, black and cream. The house is regarded as representative of the substantial vernacular architecture built for successful eastern North Carolina planters. Its significance rests on its links to antebellum plantation life and to the post-Civil War farm economy, and on its association with the Robards and Royster families, whose members included planters and physicians. The property retains a family cemetery with stones from the first half of the nineteenth century, along with outbuildings and tobacco pack houses. Archaeological remains are considered likely but have not been investigated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate brackets","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as still in good repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.011534-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7224/47722404/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003519.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003519/aa627dc719-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003519/aa627dc719-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaGrange_near_Harris_Crossroads.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaGrange_near_Harris_Crossroads.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722404","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange_(Harris_Crossroads,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6460742"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/lagrange-82003519/"}