{"nrhp_refnum":"86000566","name":"Lamb, James H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1135 N of NC 411","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garland","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.78715175500005,"lon":-78.33848402219891,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival farmhouse and surrounding farm of about 475 acres near Garland in western Sampson County, North Carolina, built around 1835 by planter James H. Lamb. It has a two-and-a-half story side hall plan main block and many outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the earliest rural houses in the county to show Greek Revival style and the only surviving early plantation house there with a side hall plan. It also links to the county's agricultural growth in the mid-19th century and to the prominent Lamb farming family. The outbuildings, including one of the few surviving mule barns, and the family cemetery add to its value.","narrative":"Near Garland in western Sampson County, this farm centers on a large Greek Revival house built around 1835 by James H. Lamb, who bought the land that year. The weatherboarded main block is two and a half stories with a side hall plan, nine-over-nine and six-over-nine sash, original louvered shutters, and a pedimented north gable. A small one-room dwelling moved up from nearby creek land was incorporated into a wing. Lamb became one of the county's largest landowners, holding about 2,000 acres at his peak, and his plantation produced corn, cotton, sweet potatoes and turpentine. The house passed through his son, grandson and great-grandson, and the family still farms 475 acres. The property includes a mule barn, corn crib, dairy, smokehouse, tobacco barns and a family cemetery. It was listed as an early example of Greek Revival design in the county and as a representative large antebellum plantation. The house has been unoccupied for years, though a family member hopes to restore it.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by James H. Lamb)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"The house has stood vacant for a number of years but is described as very sound; the surrounding farm is still actively operated by the family.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.923881-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7183/47718391/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000566.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718391","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Lamb_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/lamb-james-h-house-86000566/"}