{"nrhp_refnum":"74001359","name":"Vesuvius Furnace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"On SR 1382, N of NC 73","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catawba Springs","county":"Lincoln County","state":"NC","lat":35.49195026600006,"lon":-81.08325791199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Vesuvius Furnace is a dwelling built in two stages (about 1792 and about 1810-1820) together with the stone ruins of an iron furnace, in eastern Lincoln County near Catawba Springs, North Carolina. It is associated with General Joseph Graham.","why_significant":"The property includes the dwelling and iron furnace of General Joseph Graham, a leading figure in early iron production in Lincoln County, which led the state in this antebellum industry. His youngest son William A. Graham, born here, became governor of North Carolina and secretary of the navy. Despite alterations, the house retains much original fabric, including notable mantels and stairs.","narrative":"Vesuvius Furnace is a rural property in eastern Lincoln County, North Carolina, made up of a two-story frame house and the ruins of a stone iron furnace across the road. The eastern part of the house dates to about 1792 and the western part to about 1810-1820. Inside, the older section has a Federal mantel with an elaborately paneled overmantel and a Georgian stair, while the newer section has a Federal stair with tulip-shaped brackets. The furnace, a square pyramidal stone structure about twenty feet high, has partly fallen. General Joseph Graham, a Revolutionary War officer, ran the ironworks, which formed part of the iron industry that made Lincoln County a state leader before the Civil War. His son William A. Graham, born here in 1804, became governor and secretary of the navy. The house was renovated after 1945 and remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":"18th and 19th centuries; specific dates ca. 1792 and ca. 1815","architect_builder":"Joseph Graham (traditionally said to have built the dwelling in 1792 and the furnace in 1790)","architectural_style":"Georgian and Federal elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Dwelling in good condition and used as a private residence; furnace is a partly collapsed ruin. House was altered, including asbestos shingles and a porch replaced about 1945.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.847612-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7210/47721084/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001359.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721084","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesuvius_Furnace_(Catawba_Springs,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22025955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lincoln-county/vesuvius-furnace-74001359/"}