{"nrhp_refnum":"06000719","name":"Troy Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E side of N. Main St., from one lot N of Chestnut St. to one lot N of Blair St. and 105 Blair St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NC","lat":35.36077248200007,"lon":-79.89337105099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential historic district in Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina, made up of five houses on the east side of North Main Street and at 105 Blair Street, built between 1871 and 1940, with about six acres and six contributing buildings.","why_significant":"The district is argued to meet Criterion C for architecture, showing a progression from Queen Anne to Neoclassical Revival and Minimal Traditional styles. Three of the houses began as Queen Anne designs and were remodeled in the twentieth century, keeping Victorian features inside. The Wade-Arscott House keeps its Queen Anne exterior, and the 1940 Thompson Rental House reflects simplified housing just before World War II.","narrative":"Five houses along a ridge on North Main Street and Blair Street in Troy, the Montgomery County seat, make up this small residential district. Built between 1871 and 1940, they show how local tastes changed from Victorian to classical styles. The Wade-Arscott House keeps its Queen Anne exterior, including a wraparound porch and a corner tower. The Joseph Reese Blair House was built in 1893 by contractor William B. Beaman and remodeled in 1903 by Durham architect Hill Carter Linthicum into a Neoclassical Revival design. The Mills-Thompson and Bruton-Allen houses were also converted from Queen Anne to classical forms, in 1930 and 1927, though their original staircases, mantels and woodwork survive inside. The 1940 Thompson Rental House is a small Minimal Traditional dwelling. Together the houses reflect the prosperity of Troy in the 1890s and early 1900s. The district was listed for its architecture, with significance at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1871-1940","architect_builder":"Linthicum, Hill Carter, architect; Beaman, William B., builder","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Neoclassical Revival, Other: Minimal Traditional","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is single-family dwellings with secondary structures; the district has six contributing and three noncontributing buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.861247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7214/47721415/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000719.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721415","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Residential_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20714048"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/montgomery-county/troy-residential-historic-district-06000719/"}