{"nrhp_refnum":"90000365","name":"Hall, Lucius Coleman, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off NC 116, 0.1 mi. E of jct. with SR 1367","address_restricted":false,"city":"Webster","county":"Jackson County","state":"NC","lat":35.34443249200007,"lon":-83.22847355599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story frame house with a rear one-and-one-half story ell, sited on the west bank of the Tuckaseegee River about one mile west of Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina. The rear c. 1850 plank cabin was enlarged in 1891-92 by Lucius Coleman Hall with a T-plan Victorian addition.","why_significant":"The 1892 addition is regarded as the finest house in the Webster vicinity, with elaborate woodwork, plaster ceiling medallions and Victorian-era mantels. The house is cited as a representative example of vernacular Victorian/Queen Anne styling and as reflecting Hall's rise from a middle-income small farmer to a prosperous farmer and small industrialist. Its interior ornament and unique T-plan are also highlighted.","narrative":"Built in stages on the west bank of the Tuckaseegee River near Webster, this frame house combines a c. 1850 plank cabin with a two-and-one-half story T-plan addition completed in 1891-92 by Lucius Coleman Hall, a farmer and civic leader who served as Jackson County treasurer from 1884 to 1888. The addition contains a large central hall, a broad stair with massive newel posts, and interior woodwork including fluted surrounds, bull's-eye blocks, beadboard wainscot, mantels and plaster ceiling medallions. The property is significant for its architecture, as the 1892 section is regarded as the finest house in the Webster area and an example of vernacular Victorian and Queen Anne styling. It is also significant for what it shows about the Tuckaseegee Valley's farm economy after the railroad arrived in 1884, and about Hall's rise from a small farmer to a prosperous landowner who ran a tannery and sawmill on the river bank.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: vernacular; classically-influenced vernacular Victorian/Queen Anne styling","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The 1950 porch renovation is a major alteration; the form notes the house's other original exterior detailing and interior ornament remain intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.362635-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/7209/47720948/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000365/76da1c4b21-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000365/76da1c4b21-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius_Coleman_Hall_House,_Webster,_NC_(46615212631).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius_Coleman_Hall_House,_Webster,_NC_(46615212631).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720948","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Coleman_Hall_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jackson-county/hall-lucius-coleman-house-90000365/"}