Robert Lee Humber House is a historic home located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built in 1895, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "T"-plan, frame dwelling with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style design elements. It has a one-story rear kitchen ell and a wraparound porch with Ionic order columns.[2]
Robert Lee Humber House | |
 Robert Lee Humber House, September 2014 | |
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| Location | 117 W. 5th St., Greenville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°36′40″N 77°22′26″W / 35.611210569114206°N 77.37398078932681°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| Built by | Humber, Robert Lee Sr. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000425[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 9, 1981 |
It is the birthplace and home of Robert Lee Humber, Jr., an international lawyer, intellectual, and public servant. House was constructed for his father, Robert Lee Humber, Sr.[2] Following the death of Lucie Berthier Humber, wife of Robert Lee Humber, Jr., on 28 June 1982, the Humbers' heirs gave the family's Greenville home to the people of Greenville and Pitt County as a "living tribute" to the Humbers and their lifetime of public service.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Renee Gledhill-Earley and Joe A. Mobley (December 1980). "Robert Lee Humber House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ "Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Papers". digital.lib.ecu.edu (East Carolina University). Retrieved 2024-08-08.