{"nrhp_refnum":"72000967","name":"Ingleside","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of jct. of NC 73 and SR 1383","address_restricted":false,"city":"Iron Station","county":"Lincoln County","state":"NC","lat":35.463739658000065,"lon":-81.04397115699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ingleside is a two-story, five-bay Flemish bond brick mansion with a pedimented Ionic portico, set in an oak grove near Iron Station in eastern Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was built by Daniel M. Forney about 1817.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most imposing antebellum house in Lincoln County and one of the finest and earliest of the great brick houses of the upper Piedmont. Its curving stair and drawing room mantel fall within the sphere of influence of the craftsman Jacob Stirewalt, and it is an especially distinguished example of Federal refinement in piedmont North Carolina. It is also locally important for its link to the Forney family, prominent in county politics and industry.","narrative":"Ingleside is a two-story brick mansion in the rolling hills of eastern Lincoln County, near Iron Station, North Carolina. Built about 1817 by Daniel M. Forney, it is five bays wide and laid in Flemish bond, with a pedimented portico carried by four tall stuccoed Ionic columns. Inside, a curving staircase follows the rear wall of the central hall, and the drawing room has a richly ornamented Federal mantel and a large stucco ceiling medallion. Both the stair and the mantel resemble work attributed to the German craftsman Jacob Stirewalt, though the designer of the house is unknown. The house is described as among the finest and earliest of the large brick houses of the upper Piedmont. Forney came from a family prominent in local politics and the iron industry; his father, General Peter Forney, served in Congress, and Daniel held the same seat from 1815 to 1818. The property remains a 584-acre plantation.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Built by Daniel M. Forney; designer anonymous, with interior work attributed to the Jacob Stirewalt sphere of influence","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and unaltered on its original site; used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.964669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7210/47721076/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000967/a3630398b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000967/a3630398b1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Frederick D. Nichols, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingleside,_State_Route_1383,_Iron_Station_vicinity_(Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frederick D. Nichols, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingleside,_State_Route_1383,_Iron_Station_vicinity_(Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721076","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingleside_(Iron_Station,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lincoln-county/ingleside-72000967/"}