{"nrhp_refnum":"78001957","name":"Low House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Gibsonville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Whitsett","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.04996222300008,"lon":-79.57006360299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal-style brick dwelling near Whitsett in Guilford County, North Carolina, probably built by John B. Low in the 1820s. It sits on a gentle hill on the north side of NC 61.","why_significant":"The house is a representative example of the Federal-style brick architecture built by prosperous Piedmont farmers in the early nineteenth century. Its interiors are described as apparently the finest of their period in Guilford County and remain largely intact. The nomination relies on this architectural merit, and the property had already been found eligible under criterion C.","narrative":"Low House is a two-story Federal-style brick dwelling near Whitsett, in rural Guilford County. It was probably built in the 1820s for John B. Low, a farmer who owned considerable land and fourteen slaves. The house stayed in the Low family until 1935. The main block has a simple gable roof, brick laid in common bond, a stone rubble basement, five bays, and interior end chimneys rising above the roofline. Its side walls were originally windowless. A 1968-1969 renovation added one-story brick wings and a Williamsburg-style entrance frontispiece, which the nomination calls intrusive, but the main block remains largely intact. Inside, a center-hall plan holds a slender-balustered stair, flat-paneled wainscots, and an elaborate tripartite mantel with sunburst ornament. The interiors are described as apparently the finest of their period in Guilford County. The house was listed for its architecture. It was later threatened by a reservoir and slated to be moved.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rated good condition. The city of Burlington owns and rents the house, which was threatened by a proposed reservoir. A later addendum describes a plan to move the house and shift the added side wings to the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.517938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7205/47720500/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001957.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720500","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_House_(Whitsett,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986862"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/low-house-78001957/"}