Robert Lee Humber House

	Robert Lee Humber House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Robert Lee Humber House, September 2014
Location	117 W. 5th St., Greenville, North Carolina
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
Added to NRHP	July 9, 1981

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]

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

^ ^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.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] 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.

[3] "Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Papers". digital.lib.ecu.edu (East Carolina University). Retrieved 2024-08-08.

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