{"nrhp_refnum":"83001875","name":"Williams, Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1728","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eastover","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.08801350500005,"lon":-78.81543274499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story weatherboarded frame plantation house with a gable roof, engaged front porch and exterior end brick chimneys, located in Eastover, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built around 1850 by Robert Williams.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a notable example of the traditional Greek Revival coastal plain cottage form in Cumberland County, with intact Greek Revival features such as double front doors with small square panels, sidelights, a transom and interior woodwork. It is also associated with traditional farming practices from the plantation era through the twentieth century, including the shift to a reduced farm worked by hired hands and tenants.","narrative":"A one-and-one-half story weatherboarded frame house on a former plantation near Eastover in Cumberland County, built around 1850 by farmer Robert Williams on about 500 acres he bought in 1848. The house has a single-pitched gable roof that slopes to engage the front porch, exterior end brick chimneys, and a double front door with ten small square recessed panels, flanked by sidelights and a transom. Its interior follows a four-room plan with a central staircase hall and plain Greek Revival woodwork. Williams and his family, with up to eight enslaved people in 1860, farmed the land; by 1850 he grew corn and sweet potatoes and kept swine and cattle. After the Civil War the farm shrank and was worked by hired hands and tenants. The house is significant for its well-preserved mid-century coastal cottage form and for documenting that shift from plantation to smaller farm, and it remains with Williams's descendants.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Altered porch with replaced posts and balustrade and an asphalt-shingled roof replacing original standing seam tin; the house is occupied by descendants of the builder.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.055465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7197/47719788/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001875.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719788","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18217712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/williams-robert-house-83001875/"}