{"nrhp_refnum":"78001956","name":"Jenkins, David, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1017 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gastonia","county":"Gaston County","state":"NC","lat":35.26616987400007,"lon":-81.16625141499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, two-story frame farmhouse with a low hip roof, built in Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, by David A. Jenkins after his retirement from public office. The house has a center hall plan and a small brick dependency to the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is linked to David Jenkins, a Reconstruction-era state treasurer known for personal honesty, and to his son L. L. Jenkins and son-in-law John Craig, who founded Gastonia's first bank and early textile mills. The house also shows a blend of Greek Revival and Italianate features typical of its period.","narrative":"Built in 1876 or 1877 in Gastonia, Gaston County, this substantial two-story frame farmhouse has a low hip roof with ornamental brackets, two interior chimneys, and a central entrance with sidelights and a transom set with diamond-pattern wooden muntins. Its center hall contains an open string stair with turned balusters and a large newel. David Jenkins, a state treasurer elected on the Republican ticket in 1868 and re-elected in 1872, retired here after declining to run again in 1876. He was known as \"Honest Dave\" for his personal integrity and opposed Governor Holden's use of the militia against the Ku Klux Klan. The house later served as the boyhood home of his youngest son, Laban Lineberger Jenkins, who co-founded Gastonia's first bank, the Gastonia Bank, and was an organizer of the Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Company, the town's first textile plant. Both men were important figures in the town's early industrial growth.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1876-1877","architect_builder":"David A. Jenkins (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate details","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Altered: original porch lost and additions made to the sides and rear, but the house is described as essentially unchanged; condition rated fair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.581489-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7204/47720407/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001956.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720407","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jenkins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18577197"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gaston-county/jenkins-david-house-78001956/"}