{"nrhp_refnum":"86000560","name":"Howell-Butler House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broad and McLamb Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roseboro","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.95085394800003,"lon":-78.51337425799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house on a corner lot at Broad and McLamb Streets in Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina, built about 1900 for Robert P. Howell by Bill White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house has the most exuberant turn-of-the-century interior in Sampson County, with decoratively laid tongue-and-groove sheathing, molded panels and circular medallions. It is also tied to early Roseboro through the Hollingsworth Hotel (1913-1917) and the Butler family, and may yield archaeological information.","narrative":"Built about 1900 for Robert P. Howell by Bill White, this two-story, center-hall frame house stands on a large corner lot in Roseboro. It is one of the few German-sided houses in Sampson County, with a hipped metal roof, massive paneled brick chimneys and a wrap-around porch on Tuscan columns. The interior is its distinction: walls and ceilings are covered in decoratively laid, beaded tongue-and-groove boarding, divided into panels by heavy molded bands and accented with circular wooden medallions. The nomination calls it the most exuberant turn-of-the-century interior in the county. The house also reflects the growth of the railroad town. Sisters Kate and Ethel Hollingsworth ran a hotel or boarding house here from 1913 to 1917. Lumber businessman Braxton R. Butler bought it in 1919, and his daughter Ossie, long-time town clerk, lived there until her death in 1981. A frame storage house and a ca. 1930 garage remain on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Bill White (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Marked occupied, private residence, in good condition and unaltered; one ca. 1930 garage and a small storage house survive on the lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.055609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7184/47718443/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000560.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718443","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell%E2%80%93Butler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/howell-butler-house-86000560/"}