{"nrhp_refnum":"09000704","name":"Sherrill, John Carlyle and Anita, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14175 NC 801","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Ulla","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.657676138000056,"lon":-80.72758044399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival brick house with a ca. 1920 frame garage at 14175 NC Highway 801 in Mount Ulla, western Rowan County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1937-38 for John Carlyle and Anita Sherrill.","why_significant":"The document ties the house to John Carlyle Sherrill, a Mount Ulla merchant and flour mill owner who helped shape the village's and his family's fortunes. The house replaced a bungalow lost to fire in 1936 and remains remarkably intact in exterior and interior finish. Its brick construction and symmetrical facade echo the neighboring antebellum Rankin-Sherrill House, while its Colonial Revival style contrasts with that house's Greek Revival character.","narrative":"Built in 1937-38 on the south side of NC 801 in Mount Ulla, this two-story Colonial Revival brick house was the home of merchant and flour mill owner John Carlyle Sherrill and his wife Anita, a teacher at the Mount Ulla School. It replaced a large frame bungalow that burned in 1936, and the family lived above their store until moving in during March 1938. Charles Henry Brown of Troutman built it; the designer is unknown. The house has symmetrical elevations, dark patterned common-bond brick, a Tuscan-columned entrance porch with fanlight, and six-over-six sash windows. Inside, original mantels, light fixtures, tile bathrooms and oak floors survive. Upstairs bedrooms were rented to fellow teachers. A ca. 1920 frame garage also stands on the grounds. The house sits near the antebellum Rankin-Sherrill House, whose brick construction and symmetry it echoes, and it reflects the Sherrill family's role in the village's commercial life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Charles Henry Brown of Troutman, North Carolina; designer unknown. The garage was built by Price Elias Sherrill.","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Well preserved and remarkably intact; the garage is deteriorated but still in use. The house remains a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.7022-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7220/47722084/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000704.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000704/99a66f350b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000704/99a66f350b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ncpappy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-09-28_17-46-05_559_carlyle_sherrill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ncpappy</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:2012-09-28_17-46-05_559_carlyle_sherrill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722084","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlyle_and_Anita_Sherrill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436274"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/sherrill-john-carlyle-and-anita-house-09000704/"}