{"nrhp_refnum":"00001613","name":"Moore, Arthur W., House","other_names":["Rockhaven"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"299 Sunset Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Horse Shoe","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.34146258800007,"lon":-82.52729588199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Craftsman-influenced river rock summer house, later called Rockhaven, with an extensive rock garden landscape, on Sunset Drive near Horse Shoe in western Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1936 by local contractor Albert Drake for Arthur W. Moore of Dade County, Florida.","why_significant":"The house is a highly intact Craftsman-influenced residence with excellent craftsmanship and materials. Its elaborate terraced rock garden has stayed intact, unlike other rock landscapes in the area. It was also unusual for a house and garden this elaborate to be built in western North Carolina during the Depression. It is listed under Criterion C for architecture and landscape architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1936 as a summer residence for Arthur W. Moore of Dade County, Florida, this one-story river rock house sits on a rise on the north side of Highway 64 near Horse Shoe. It lies within the Brightwater Farm area developed by S. J. Childs. Local contractor Albert Drake built the U-shaped, solid masonry house, which has a steeply pitched multi-gable roof and multi-light casement windows. Inside are knotty pine and poplar paneling, an exposed truss ceiling, stone fireplaces and original hardware. Terraces, retaining walls, boxwoods and an extensive rock garden surround the house. It was the last river rock house built in the area and the most intact of four in the development. It was later named Rockhaven by the Gray family, who bought it in 1946. It is recognized for its craftsmanship, its blending of building and landscape, and the survival of a formal rock garden, which is uncommon in western North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1936","architect_builder":"Drake, Albert","architectural_style":"Craftsman-influenced","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains a single-dwelling residence with its garden; the house has stayed in the Gray family since 1946. Late-1940s changes include a fieldstone front porch and a finished attic with a dormer.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.633162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7208/47720817/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00001613.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720817","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987164"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/moore-arthur-w-house-00001613/"}