{"nrhp_refnum":"09000261","name":"Baird, Zebulon H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"460 Weaverville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weaverville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.67038000000008,"lon":-82.58343999999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, multi-gabled, T-plan frame house at 460 Weaverville Road in Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built about 1878 by Zebulon H. Baird. It was moved about one hundred yards south on the same parcel in 2005 to avoid demolition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent local example of a pre-railroad-era T-plan house with elaborate sawnwork ornamentation, unusual for Weaverville at that date. It is described as one of rural Buncombe County's earliest houses with fashionable sawnwork decoration. Despite the move, it keeps integrity of design, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"Built about 1878 by merchant Zebulon H. Baird, this two-story T-plan house on Weaverville Road in Buncombe County, North Carolina, is covered in weatherboard and decorated with scrollwork. Bargeboards, attic vents, porch balustrades and brackets carry cut patterns, and the windows have heavy hooded moldings. Inside, a center hall divides rooms finished in flush wood boards, with a parlor mantel showing sawtooth trim and faux wood graining. The house was listed for its architecture. The nomination notes that such ornament was unusual in rural Buncombe County before the railroad arrived in 1880, and compares it with plainer or later T-plan houses nearby. Threatened with demolition, it was moved about one hundred yards south in 2005, still facing east on land once held by the Baird family. Its chimneys collapsed during the move and were to be rebuilt, while a new foundation and a small bath addition were the main changes. It was being renovated for commercial rental use.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1878","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Zebulon H. Baird)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Under renovation for commercial rental use at the time of the nomination; chimneys collapsed during the 2005 move and were to be rebuilt.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.589782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7191/47719145/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000261/0df54cdbdf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000261/0df54cdbdf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"AshevilleRoyal","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zebulon_H.Baird_House,_460_Weaverville_Road,_Weaverville,_Buncombe_County,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AshevilleRoyal</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:Zebulon_H.Baird_House,_460_Weaverville_Road,_Weaverville,_Buncombe_County,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719145","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_H._Baird_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/baird-zebulon-h-house-09000261/"}