{"nrhp_refnum":"80002865","name":"Houston, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 115","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Mourne","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.52242036200005,"lon":-80.84092145704014,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, weatherboard-covered farmhouse with a log core, built about 1818 near Mount Mourne on the east side of NC 115 in Iredell County, North Carolina. It sits on a farm with a granite-curbed well, a frame outbuilding and a half-dovetail log barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house and its outbuildings form an early 19th century farm complex typical of Iredell County's agrarian economy. The log core, modified hall-parlor plan, gable roof and end chimneys are typical of Piedmont vernacular building, while the mantels, moldings, six-panel doors and stair show local use of the Federal style. The log barn, with an unusual passage running gable to gable, is called one of the finest in the county.","narrative":"Built about 1818 on a rural tract near Mount Mourne in Iredell County, this two-story farmhouse has a log core covered in weatherboards. Its modified hall-parlor plan, gable roof and Flemish bond end chimneys on granite foundations are typical of Piedmont vernacular building. Inside, flush sheathing, a molded mantel frieze, six-panel doors and a stair with square balusters show local use of Federal style detail. Behind the house stand a frame outbuilding, a granite-curbed well and a half-dovetail log barn whose passage runs the full length of the building from gable to gable, which is unusual. The ownership history is uncertain, though James Hiram Houston received the land in 1817 and likely built the house. Its listing rests on its place in Iredell County's early farming economy and its representative architecture. Later documentation calls it the best preserved of the few surviving well-finished log houses in the county. In 1999 it was approved for moving within the parcel to avoid demolition.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1818","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Federal vernacular farmhouse","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in good condition in 1980. A 1999 request approved moving the house about 400 feet south within the original parcel to save it from demolition; the log barn would stay behind.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.969253-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7180/47718031/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002865/a8c00a5354-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002865/a8c00a5354-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cdtew at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Houston_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cdtew at English Wikipedia</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:George_Houston_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718031","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Houston_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707936"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/houston-george-house-80002865/"}