{"nrhp_refnum":"11000482","name":"Highlands North Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"608-650,507-615 Hickory St., 760-856,827 N. 5th St., 23-29,425 Brock Ct.,802,850-854 N. 4th St. 29 Martha's Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highlands","county":"Macon County","state":"NC","lat":35.05949914650006,"lon":-83.19476273602326,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the town of Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina, made up of historic cottages, houses and related outbuildings set among dense evergreen woodland north of the town center. It lies within the original 1875 town boundary.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district holds local significance in architecture for its group of late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses, which reflect the styles favored by resort builders. It is also described as containing the largest group of the oldest surviving houses in Highlands and as a neighborhood where year-round and seasonal residents lived side by side from the town's founding.","narrative":"Wooded residential district in Highlands, a mountain resort town in Macon County, North Carolina, founded in 1875. Its roughly sixty acres lie within the original town boundary and hold a cluster of houses set well back on wide lots among rhododendron, hemlock and white pine. The seven principal houses were built between about 1883 and 1896, and the group continued to grow into the mid twentieth century. The oldest house, the Rideout-Whittle House, dates from about 1883. The district is significant for its architecture, with houses showing Stick Style, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival design, the Stick Style house built by John Zeigler Gottwals about 1896 being singled out as a notable example. It also shows a long mix of year-round and seasonal residents, which sets it apart from the other historic districts in Highlands.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1883-1961","architect_builder":"Gottwals, John Zeigler (builder); Wright, Barak (builder); Pierson, Mack (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival, Stick Style, Ranch","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The 1961 end of the period is tied to the sale of the former Pierson house, which was then remodeled as the Colonial Pines Inn.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.139278-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7211/47721114/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000482/c73de72e3e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000482/c73de72e3e-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_4th_Street,_Highlands,_NC_(46590496782).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_4th_Street,_Highlands,_NC_(46590496782).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721114","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_North_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18152950"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/macon-county/highlands-north-historic-district-11000482/"}