{"nrhp_refnum":"79003347","name":"Harper House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Archdale","address_restricted":false,"city":"Archdale","county":"Randolph County","state":"NC","lat":35.860246490000065,"lon":-80.01538034599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Piedmont North Carolina farmhouse south of Archdale in Trinity Township, Randolph County, built circa 1815 for either Jeduthun Harper or his son Jesse Harper, with a west wing expanded circa 1830.","why_significant":"The house is noted for unusually elaborate vernacular interior woodwork that blends Georgian and Federal elements, with much original hardware and wood graining. It is also tied to the Harper family, whose members held political office in Randolph County and North Carolina. Jeduthun Harper served in the 1775 and 1776 Provincial Congresses.","narrative":"Built around 1815 south of Archdale in Randolph County, this two-story weatherboarded farmhouse has a main block with a side-hall plan and a lower west wing. Around 1830 the original gable roof was replaced with a low hip roof, the wing was enlarged and a new porch was added. Inside, the house keeps carved mantels with slender Ionic columns, a stair with turned balusters and cable molding, and six-panel doors with wood graining and original hardware. Records leave uncertain whether it was built for Jeduthun Harper or his son Jesse, though nail dating and tax evidence lean toward Jesse. Jeduthun sat in the 1775 Hillsborough and 1776 Halifax Provincial Congresses and held several county offices. Jesse served as Civil Clerk of Court. The house was listed for its architecture and its link to this politically prominent family. A board-and-batten outbuilding, traditionally called a slave kitchen, survives on the 3.02-acre property.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1815","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal period Piedmont North Carolina vernacular, with Georgian-Federal transitional interior woodwork","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Marked as private residence, unoccupied, with work in progress; condition listed as fair and altered. A restoration report dated December 1978 is cited.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.849325-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7218/47721896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003347.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_House_(Archdale,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/randolph-county/harper-house-79003347/"}