{"nrhp_refnum":"84000590","name":"Little, John Phillips, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off NC 73","address_restricted":false,"city":"Little's Mills","county":"Richmond County","state":"NC","lat":35.153447264500045,"lon":-79.91985075113169,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival plantation house near Little's Mills in northwest Richmond County, North Carolina, built about 1850-1855 by John Phillips Little on a 54-acre tract above the Little River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a little-altered example of an antebellum Greek Revival plantation dwelling and one of the few such residences left in the county. It reflects the cotton economy and slaveholding wealth of the Little family, and the form ties it to planters and mill owners and to philanthropist Calvin Little. Archeological remains on the tract may also yield information on nineteenth-century farming and milling.","narrative":"Set near the crest of a hill above the Little River in northwest Richmond County, this two-story frame house was built about 1850-1855 by John Phillips Little, a wealthy planter and grist mill owner. It has a low hip roof, a center-hall double-pile plan, and a front porch with four fluted Doric columns. Little's family held large amounts of land and slaves, and the property reflects the cotton economy of the region before the Civil War. Little moved to a new house in 1879, and the older house was then rented to tenants until 1972. Minimal maintenance during that time left it almost unchanged. His grandson Calvin Little, the last family owner, died in 1982 and left a large estate to religious and charitable groups. The house and 54 acres passed to a preservation fund and then to a private owner who began restoration. Outbuildings, including a blacksmith's shop, survive nearby, and archeological remains may exist on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John Phillips Little (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the porch was taken down for reconstruction and the house was undergoing restoration 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 02:57:51.31924-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7219/47721910/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000590.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721910","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillips_Little_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986817"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/richmond-county/little-john-phillips-house-84000590/"}