{"nrhp_refnum":"84000564","name":"Ficklen, E. B., House","other_names":["Buckingham"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 W. 5th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Pitt County","state":"NC","lat":35.612631426000064,"lon":-77.37931805999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne-style house, also called Buckingham, at 508 West Fifth Street in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, built in 1902 for tobacconist Edward Bancroft Ficklen.","why_significant":"It is described as the most sophisticated and elaborate Queen Anne-style dwelling in Greenville, with a corner tower, wraparound porches and projecting gables. It reflects Greenville's rise as a tobacco marketing and processing center after the railroad arrived in 1889. It is also tied to Ficklen, who founded the E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company in 1902.","narrative":"Buckingham, at 508 West Fifth Street in Greenville, is a two-story frame Queen Anne house completed around 1902 for tobacconist Edward Bancroft Ficklen. It is notable for a conical-roofed corner tower, a wraparound porch with Ionic columns, projecting gables, a Palladian window and tall brick chimneys. Inside are a formal staircase, paneled halls and tiled fireplaces with classical mantels. The nomination calls it the most elaborate Queen Anne dwelling in the city, though no architect is known. Ficklen came from Danville, Virginia, and prospered after a railroad branch reached Greenville in 1889 and tobacco replaced cotton as the main cash crop. He founded the E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company in 1902, and his house reflects that boom. Family members later remodeled it, adding bedrooms and a modern kitchen in the 1950s. Its listing rests on its link to the tobacco industry, to Ficklen himself, and on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Generally well preserved but altered; rented since 1975 and occupied by a college fraternity at the time of the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.328573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7218/47721823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000564.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000564/c9dea62b4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000564/c9dea62b4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E._B._Ficklen_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</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:E._B._Ficklen_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721823","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._Ficklen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865445"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pitt-county/ficklen-e-b-house-84000564/"}