Carr, Titus W., House
Why it's listed
Set on level farmland near Walstonburg in Greene County, this two-story frame house was built within about five years after the Civil War for Titus W. Carr, a planter, merchant and county commissioner. Its form is Greek Revival, while scroll-sawn brackets, a trellised front porch and drillwork moldings add Italianate touches. Inside, a center hall opens onto four rooms on each floor, with period mantels and a handsome open-string stair. A cedar-lined drive leads to the house, and surviving outbuildings include a former kitchen, smokehouses, barns and a probable gin house. The property matters for two reasons. It reflects the shift from large slave-worked plantations to smaller farms, tenants and sharecroppers after the war, and Carr's farm grew cotton and corn with hired labor. It is also considered one of the finest late 19th-century houses surviving in the county, with little change since the early 1900s. Restoration by its current owners is under way.
Significance in brief: The house represents the post-Civil War rural farming economy of Greene County, when large plantations broke up and tenancy and sharecropping spread. It is also an unusually intact, high-quality example of Greek Revival/Italianate design. The late use of the style is cited as a sign of rural conservatism, and it is described as one of the finest surviving houses in the county from the last three decades of the 19th century.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 87002013, listed November 25, 1987. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | SR 1244, Walstonburg |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | November 25, 1987 |
| Reference number | 87002013 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | ca. 1870-1903 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival; Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Occupied only intermittently from 1918 until early 1986; the present owners are restoring and rehabilitating the house, and the form lists a current function of vacant/not in use. |
| Acreage | 13.6 |
| Coordinates | 35.53738, -77.67908 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 87002013.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19460861
- This listing as JSON
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