{"nrhp_refnum":"86000567","name":"Lee, Lovett, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1725 and SR 1730","address_restricted":false,"city":"Giddensville","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.172911439000075,"lon":-78.21658784199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse built around 1880 near Giddensville in eastern Sampson County, North Carolina, on a site of less than one acre. The builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of two prime examples in Sampson County of a traditional two-story, single-pile farmhouse given extensive sawn and turned Victorian millwork. Its double-tier front porch is among the most elaborate in the county. The interior has decoratively laid beaded tongue-and-groove sheathing, and it is the only one of the two examples that has been restored. The form also says the site may yield archaeological information.","narrative":"Built around 1880 near Giddensville in eastern Sampson County, the Lovett Lee House is a frame, two-story, single-pile farmhouse with a center-hall plan and a hip roof of standing seam metal. Its main feature is a double-tier front porch with chamfered posts, turned balusters, a sawn-slat upper railing and a boldly scrolled sawn frieze, which gives a lacy look to an otherwise plain form. Inside, the hall and side parlors have decorative ceilings of beaded tongue-and-groove sheathing, and the south bedroom has an octagonal pattern. Lovett Lee, a lumberman, and his family owned the house. His son Charles Lee later rented rooms to teachers from the nearby Piney Grove School. The Sullivan family bought the property in 1946 and restored it in 1980. The nomination names it one of two prime examples in the county of Victorian millwork added to a traditional farmhouse, and the only restored one. It sits among pecan trees in productive farmland.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian ornamental millwork applied to a traditional two-story, single-pile, center-hall farmhouse","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in excellent condition and completely restored and renovated in 1980.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.929759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7183/47718399/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000567.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718399","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovett_Lee_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19875050"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/lee-lovett-house-86000567/"}