{"nrhp_refnum":"88000129","name":"Roberts-Justice House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kernersville","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.12053941000005,"lon":-80.07281140499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story L-plan brick house on North Main Street in Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1877 for merchant Calvin Roberts and remodeled around 1916 by Dr. J. T. Justice.","why_significant":"It is one of four surviving two-story brick Italianate houses from Kernersville's 1870s boom period. It also keeps intact Colonial Revival interiors from about 1916, with mahogany trim, mantels, hall arch and stair, among the finest surviving in town. The significance is local and rests on architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1877 of common-bond brick for merchant and tobacco manufacturer Calvin Roberts, this L-plan house on North Main Street in Kernersville is one of four surviving two-story brick Italianate dwellings from the town's 1870s boom. Stone lintels and sills mark its openings, and an original kitchen ell remains at the rear. Dr. J. T. Justice, who cared for Roberts in his final years, bought the house in 1909 and remodeled it by about 1916. The roof became a hip with smaller gables, the gable ends were stuccoed with colored glass chips, a rear ell was added, and the porch was rebuilt with a porte cochere. Inside, Colonial Revival mantels and dark mahogany woodwork replaced the original trim and survive largely intact, with a stained glass stair landing window and bevelled glass at the entry. The interiors are comparable to those of the George Virgil Fulp House and rank among the finest in town. A contributing 1910s garage stands behind.","period_of_significance":"1877 - ca. 1916","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th century Italianate; Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as beautifully maintained and still lived in as a single dwelling; the rear garage is contributing and a mid-twentieth-century block storage building is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.955755-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7178/47717805/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000129.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts-Justice_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436214"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/roberts-justice-house-88000129/"}