{"nrhp_refnum":"85002420","name":"Little, W. J., House","other_names":["Little House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Robersonville","county":"Martin County","state":"NC","lat":35.825297309000064,"lon":-77.25416511999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame Classical Revival house at 109 North Main Street in Robersonville, Martin County, North Carolina, built in 1913-14 for tobacco farmer William Joseph Little.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the two largest and finest Classical Revival houses in Robersonville and has remained nearly unchanged since it was built. It reflects the prosperity of the early twentieth-century tobacco economy of eastern North Carolina. It is also tied to Little, a prominent tobacco farmer and businessman, and shows how Colonial Revival fashion reached a small commercial center.","narrative":"Built in 1913-14 at the corner of North Main and West Academy streets in Robersonville, this two-story, three-bay frame house was commissioned by William Joseph Little, a large-scale tobacco farmer who also held stock in a local tobacco redrying company. It has a hipped slate roof topped by a Chippendale-style balustrade, a two-story entrance portico, a wrap-around porch, and a porte cochere. Inside, a center-hall plan includes mahogany doors, a Classical Revival stair screen, mantels with hints of Art Nouveau, a Craftsman-style dining room, and a stained-glass window. The house stayed in the Little family until 1975 and has changed little since construction. It faces a similar Classical Revival residence, the Roberson House, across the street. The nomination presents it as a visible product of the tobacco boom that fueled Robersonville's rapid growth in the early twentieth century, and as a fine example of eastern North Carolina's tobacco-era mansions.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"John C. Stout ? (from Rocky Mount)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, with a note that it was being offered for sale subject to protective covenants.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.202054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7211/47721181/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85002420.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721181","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._J._Little_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/martin-county/little-w-j-house-85002420/"}