{"nrhp_refnum":"00001616","name":"Ledbetter, Albertus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"125 Haynes Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montford Cove","county":"McDowell County","state":"NC","lat":35.535597608000046,"lon":-82.10465208799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story timber frame farmhouse at 125 Haynes Road in Montford Cove, McDowell County, North Carolina, built in 1826 and enlarged in 1836 by Jonathan Ledbetter, with a group of historic and later outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, largely unaltered early nineteenth-century timber frame dwelling with late Federal details in McDowell County. Notable features include a painted wainscot that imitates raised panels and runs from the porch into the central passage, a vine-like carved stair string, and hand-painted interior finishes signed by Charles Dunkin.","narrative":"Set in a hollow beside Greasy Creek in Montford Cove, this two-story timber frame farmhouse was built in 1826 by Jonathan Ledbetter, a prosperous farmer and postmaster. He enlarged it in 1836 with a northern section holding a stair passage and parlor. His son Albertus lived there for decades, and the house carries his name. The exterior and interior remain remarkably intact, with six-over-six windows, original hand-painted doors, locks and hinges, and a double-shoulder Flemish bond chimney. A full-width porch leads into a central passage whose wainscot is painted to imitate raised panels. The artist Charles Dunkin signed one interior door and dated another 1836. The stair has a carved vine-like motif. Outbuildings include a log smokehouse and a log spring house, both from 1826, with a stone retaining wall and sluice. The property was listed for architecture as one of few surviving early nineteenth-century dwellings in McDowell County.","period_of_significance":"1826-1836","architect_builder":"Jonathan Ledbetter (builder, named in the narrative); the form lists architect/builder as N/A","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal (described in the narrative as Federal/Greek Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The function section lists the current use as vacant/not in use, while the narrative says the current owners have restored the house for their residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.770292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/7212/47721225/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00001616.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001616/4b4c649cf1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001616/4b4c649cf1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"rossograph","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albertus_Ledbetter_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">rossograph</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albertus_Ledbetter_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Ledbetter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436254"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mcdowell-county/ledbetter-albertus-house-00001616/"}