{"nrhp_refnum":"79001762","name":"Westglow","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Blowing Rock on U.S. 221","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blowing Rock","county":"Watauga County","state":"NC","lat":36.137836640000046,"lon":-81.7136323651909,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Westglow is a Colonial Revival summer house and studio complex on the Blue Ridge crest about two miles west of Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1916-1917 for the artist Elliott Daingerfield.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Elliott Daingerfield, one of North Carolina's most noted painters, who said the setting inspired his best work. It is also significant as a large, monumental Colonial Revival residence, among the most prominent early twentieth century houses of northwestern North Carolina. Its dramatic hilltop site is cited as an example of romantic site planning for wealthy seasonal mountain residents.","narrative":"Westglow is a two-and-one-half-story Colonial Revival house on the crest of the Blue Ridge, about two miles west of Blowing Rock in Watauga County. Artist Elliott Daingerfield had it built as a summer home and studio, with construction beginning in 1916 and the house ready the next year. A New York architect named Smythe drew the plans, and local builder Lee Hayes carried them out. The white weatherboard house has a monumental tetrastyle portico with Ionic columns facing a broad valley to the west, a paneled center-hall interior, and a handcrafted staircase. The 19.6-acre property also holds a frame studio, a 1920s caretaker's cottage and a utility shed. Daingerfield, a landscape painter raised in Fayetteville, spent summers here until his death in 1932, and his family kept using the house until 1972. The property was listed for its link to his life and work and for its prominence as an early twentieth century residence.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1916)","architect_builder":"Architect: Smythe (a New York architect); Builder: Lee Hayes","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the artist's studio is described as somewhat derelict. The house was sold in March 1979 to new owners who planned to convert it to year-round use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.327882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7227/47722778/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001762.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001762/ed5b33dd6d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001762/ed5b33dd6d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Robert Thompson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westglow_Historic_Place.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Thompson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westglow_Historic_Place.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722778","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westglow","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24041344"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/watauga-county/westglow-79001762/"}