{"nrhp_refnum":"80002814","name":"Suttle, Joseph, House","other_names":["Twin Chimneys"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Shelby","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shelby","county":"Cleveland County","state":"NC","lat":35.26881639700005,"lon":-81.58428113682689,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse known locally as Twin Chimneys, centered on a 128-acre farm tract about two to four miles southwest of Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built between 1820 and 1847, probably for planter Minor Smith.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the best known antebellum residences surviving in Cleveland County. It reflects the growing prosperity of the western Piedmont planter class and is tied to Joseph Suttle, a prominent Baptist minister and planter. It also represents a vernacular reading of the Federal style with notable late-nineteenth century porch ornament, and it keeps its rural setting and outbuildings.","narrative":"Known locally as Twin Chimneys, this two-story farmhouse sits on 128 acres southwest of Shelby in Cleveland County. Built sometime between 1820 and 1847, probably for English-born planter Minor Smith, it is covered in plain weatherboards and has massive brick chimneys flanking the north gable. Federal-style interior woodwork survives, and a full-width shed porch carries late-nineteenth century sawnwork ornament. A kitchen building, barn, smokehouse, and family cemetery remain on the property. In 1854 Joseph Suttle bought the farm. He was a young Baptist minister and planter, a cofounder of the Kings Mountain Association, and an advocate of Missionary Baptism and prohibition. He died in 1861, and the house later passed through several owners before a great-grandson acquired it in 1943. The house is regarded as one of the county's best known antebellum residences, reflecting planter prosperity in the western Piedmont and the region's vernacular Federal building tradition.","period_of_significance":"1820-1842","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal (vernacular), with vestigial Georgian, Greek Revival and later Gothic details","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence, restored and used as a summer residence; condition marked good and altered, original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.969195-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7196/47719672/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002814.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002814/b76abbfb76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002814/b76abbfb76-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Suttle_House,_Shelby,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Suttle_House,_Shelby,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719672","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Suttle_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158589"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cleveland-county/suttle-joseph-house-80002814/"}