{"nrhp_refnum":"71000587","name":"Haley, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1805 E. Lexington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.98041077900007,"lon":-79.99476594699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story brick dwelling at 1805 East Lexington Avenue in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, built in 1786 by Quaker blacksmith John Haley.","why_significant":"Believed to be the oldest dwelling in High Point, it is a fine example of Quaker architecture. It is considered essential to interpreting Moravian and Quaker influence on the architecture of piedmont North Carolina. Its position on the New Salisbury Road also made it a local landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1786 by John Haley, a Quaker blacksmith, this small one-story brick house on East Lexington Avenue in High Point is believed to be the oldest dwelling in the city. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers over a stone foundation, and segmental arches top every opening. A circular stone in the west gable carries the date 1786 and the initials of Phebe and John Haley. Inside, the Quaker plan places a large parlor to the east and two smaller rooms to the west, with exposed beaded ceiling beams and corner fireplaces. Haley received the land as a state grant in 1779 and later served the county as sheriff, road commissioner and court clerk. The house sat on the New Salisbury Road, now Lexington Avenue, and became a local landmark. Innkeeper Jonathan Welch kept an ordinary there from about 1838, and the Welch family held it until 1943. The city bought it in 1966, and the High Point Historical Commission restored it.","period_of_significance":"1786","architect_builder":"John Haley","architectural_style":"Quaker architecture (Quaker plan)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of High Point since 1966; restored by the High Point Historical Commission; condition listed as excellent and used as a museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.853799-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7205/47720528/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000587.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000587/b54e4f63af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000587/b54e4f63af-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Haley_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Haley_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720528","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Haley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/haley-john-house-71000587/"}