{"nrhp_refnum":"82003533","name":"Rountree, Moses, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 N. Rountree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilson","county":"Wilson County","state":"NC","lat":35.73404354200005,"lon":-77.91498802599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Gothic Revival cottage at 107 North Rountree Street in Wilson, North Carolina, built about 1869 for merchant Moses Rountree and attributed to local builder Oswald Lipscomb. It has been moved twice and now stands about one block from its original site.","why_significant":"The house is a rare surviving example of Gothic Revival architecture in Wilson and one of the few surviving works of builder Oswald Lipscomb. It is associated with Moses Rountree, Wilson's most prosperous nineteenth-century merchant, and with the town's post-Civil War development. Its lancet windows, steep gables and latticed porch reflect the influence of pattern books by A. J. Downing and Calvert Vaux.","narrative":"Set on a quiet residential street in Wilson, North Carolina, this two-story cottage was built about 1869 for Moses Rountree, a leading merchant of the town. It is attributed to Oswald Lipscomb, a local builder and Rountree's brother-in-law, and is considered the best-preserved example of his Gothic cottage work. The house has a T-shaped plan, weatherboard siding, steep gables over lancet windows, and a lattice-trimmed porch hood. Its Gothic character comes from its form rather than applied ornament, and its restrained detailing recalls the Greek Revival. The house was moved about 1890 to make room for a larger home built by Rountree's descendants, then moved again in 1920 to its present lot, about one block from the original site. Partial Colonial Revival remodeling took place in the 1930s. It is significant for its link to Rountree and Lipscomb, for its place in Wilson's growth after the Civil War, and as a rare local example of pattern-book Gothic Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Attributed to Oswald Lipscomb","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; altered and moved (about 1890 and 1920), with Colonial Revival changes in the 1930s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.671662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7228/47722863/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003533.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003533/caac093aba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003533/caac093aba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Rountree_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Rountree_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Rountree_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21187964"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilson-county/rountree-moses-house-82003533/"}