{"nrhp_refnum":"72000979","name":"Dortch House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1527 off NC 43","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dortches","county":"Nash County","state":"NC","lat":36.009870715000034,"lon":-77.85970512299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Federal-style farmhouse set on a slight knoll in the small community of Dortches, Nash County, North Carolina, with outbuildings to the rear, including an early two-level log corncrib.","why_significant":"The house is distinguished by unusually handsome exterior and interior detail, including Palladian windows, a fanlight, and finely executed Ionic and Tuscan woodwork. It is also tied to the Dortch family, whose members included William T. Dortch, a prominent lawyer and state legislator who later served in the Confederate Senate.","narrative":"Dortches is the setting for this frame Federal-style farmhouse, a two-story main block with a one-story rear wing, finished in beaded weatherboards. The east facade has a full-width porch, a central double door with a fanlight, and Palladian windows on either side. Its interior is finished with Ionic and Tuscan woodwork, a center-hall plan, and original floors. The rear section incorporates a house moved to the site in the late nineteenth century, which is said to have been built in 1798, and rebuilt in 1942. The land was patented by William Dortch in 1779, and the house is thought to date from around 1810, when he acquired a 70-acre tract. His son William T. Dortch, born in 1824, became a lawyer, state legislator, and member of the Confederate Senate. The property remained in the Dortch family until 1877, and was later acquired by the Griffin family in 1889.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unaltered, original site, in good condition as checked on the form; the house remains in the Griffin family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.745862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7214/47721476/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000979.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000979/df28b55300-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000979/df28b55300-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Waterman, Thomas T., creator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_Thomas_T._Waterman,_Photographer_July,_1940_VIEW_OF_FACADE._-_Dortch_House,_State_Route_1527,_Dortches,_Nash_County,_NC_HABS_NC,64-BATBO.V,1-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterman, Thomas T., creator</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_Thomas_T._Waterman,_Photographer_July,_1940_VIEW_OF_FACADE._-_Dortch_House,_State_Route_1527,_Dortches,_Nash_County,_NC_HABS_NC,64-BATBO.V,1-1.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461376"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/nash-county/dortch-house-72000979/"}