{"nrhp_refnum":"90001313","name":"Lang, Robert J., Jr., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1231, 0.1 mile S. of jct. with SR 1200","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fountain","county":"Pitt County","state":"NC","lat":35.63296511000004,"lon":-77.67515813099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, center-hall, double-pile frame farmhouse with a detached rear kitchen wing and an adjacent family cemetery, on a rise above State Road 1231 in rural western Pitt County near Fountain, North Carolina. It was built about 1870 by Robert J. Lang Jr. and his wife Louisa.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative local example of a one-story, center-hall, double-pile Greek Revival/Italianate farmhouse. Its plan and massing look back to antebellum Greek Revival houses, while its delicate Italianate ornament reflects coastal houses built just after the Civil War. It also retains a notable set of vernacular Greek Revival mantels. The kitchen wing shows a transitional form between detached and attached kitchens.","narrative":"Set on a small rise above State Road 1231 in rural western Pitt County, this one-story farmhouse was built about 1870 for Robert J. Lang Jr., a Confederate veteran, and his wife Louisa Ward Lang. The frame house has a center hall, four equal rooms, a hipped front porch with scroll-sawn balusters, and paired corbelled chimneys. A detached kitchen wing connected by a short breezeway stands behind it, and a small family cemetery lies in the south yard. The house combines a Greek Revival plan and massing with restrained Italianate ornament typical of coastal North Carolina houses built soon after the Civil War. Inside, four vernacular mantels are decorated with layered strips of molding, and much original trim and many original doors survive. The kitchen, neither attached nor far from the back door, represents a transitional arrangement. The property was listed for its architecture, as a representative local example of its type. The nominated area covers about two acres.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1870","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house and farm are described as occupied by tenants at the time of the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.092941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7217/47721789/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001313.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721789","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Lang_Jr._House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865154"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pitt-county/lang-robert-j-jr-house-90001313/"}