{"nrhp_refnum":"04001530","name":"Rozzell, Edward M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11647 Rozzelles Ferry Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.336524190000034,"lon":-80.96469465299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gabled frame farmhouse of the I-house form with a rear kitchen ell, located on a rural-setting site in northwest Mecklenburg County near Charlotte, North Carolina, together with a ca. 1880 log barn, a ca. 1880 wellhouse and a ca. 1900 corncrib.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a relatively unaltered example of a traditional hall-parlor plan farmhouse of the late nineteenth century, and the document argues that its retention of this older plan reflects the persistence of traditional building forms among rural county residents. The log barn, wellhouse and corncrib are described as rare surviving outbuilding types, and the rural setting and original interior and exterior features are said to contribute to the property's significance.","narrative":"Built around 1880 by Edward M. Rozzell on a rural site in northwest Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this two-story, side-gabled frame house follows the I-house form with a hall-parlor plan, three bays wide and one room deep, with brick end chimneys and a rear kitchen ell. Its original weatherboard siding, chamfered porch posts, six-over-six windows and board interior finishes survive largely intact, and the interior mantels and staircase woodwork retain their original character. Rozzell, a farmer who grew cotton and cane, raised his family here, and the house reflects the persistence of traditional building forms among rural farmers in the county. The property also includes a ca. 1880 log barn, a ca. 1880 wellhouse and a ca. 1900 corncrib, which are considered rare surviving examples of their types. The house is regarded as one of the county's few remaining late nineteenth-century farmhouses that keeps both its outbuildings and its rural setting.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1880-1900","architect_builder":"Rozzell, Edward M. (built by the owner)","architectural_style":"Other: I-house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house and outbuildings are described as well preserved, with an original roof pitch and interior largely intact; the property was sold to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission in 2002.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.351725-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7182/47718231/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04001530.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001530/bca3299a81-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001530/bca3299a81-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Irina999","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_M._Rozzell_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Irina999</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_M._Rozzell_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718231","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._Rozzell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/rozzell-edward-m-house-04001530/"}