{"nrhp_refnum":"89002136","name":"White, James H., House","other_names":["Marshall House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5 Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshall","county":"Madison County","state":"NC","lat":35.797995753000066,"lon":-82.68372775699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story-and-attic frame house with pebbledash stucco in Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, sited on a steep terrace above the county courthouse. It was built in 1903 for James H. White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with James H. White, a businessman who led Marshall's shift from a frontier village to a commercial town. It is also significant as an intact example of the design idiom of architect Richard Sharp Smith, whose original 1903 plan survives on the first floor.","narrative":"Perched on a steep terrace above the Madison County Courthouse in Marshall, North Carolina, the James H. White House was designed in 1903 by Asheville architect Richard Sharp Smith. Built of frame construction and sheathed in pebbledash stucco, it has a stone foundation, a recessed wraparound porch, hipped roofs and twelve-over-one windows. White, a businessman who founded Marshall's first bank, published the county newspaper, developed the local power and water systems, and served as clerk of Superior Court, commissioned the house. Its interior first floor, including oak pocket doors, plaster crown molding and carved mantels, remains as Smith drew it. Roof and second-floor changes made in the 1920s kept the original Smith idiom. The house is regarded as a significant surviving example of Smith's work and of White's role in Marshall's growth.","period_of_significance":"1903-1922","architect_builder":"Richard Sharp Smith, architect; James H. White, original owner","architectural_style":"\"Old English\" vernacular; Colonial Revival and Queen Anne motifs","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Sold by White in 1922; later used as a tourist home and renamed the Marshall House in 1988.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.319578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7211/47721169/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89002136.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002136/01967ed527-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002136/01967ed527-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_H._White_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_H._White_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721169","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._White_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/madison-county/white-james-h-house-89002136/"}