{"nrhp_refnum":"80002866","name":"Wood Lawn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1138","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Mourne","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.51824274850003,"lon":-80.8344243822065,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wood Lawn is a two-story frame house on a rural tract at the end of a dirt lane off SR 1138, just north of the Mecklenburg County line near Mount Mourne in Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built around 1840 by Dr. George Stinson, though the form does not establish the exact date.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Wood Lawn is one of the most sophisticated and best preserved plantation houses in Iredell County, and one of the most sophisticated examples in the county of the transitional Federal/Greek Revival style. Its design closely resembles Mt. Mourne and the McClelland-Davis House, and its graceful stair reflects the influence of Owen Biddle's Young Carpenter's Assistant. It is also associated with Dr. George Stinson, a prominent planter and early trustee of Davidson College.","narrative":"Built around 1840 as a two-story frame plantation house near Mount Mourne in Iredell County, Wood Lawn combines Federal and Greek Revival features in a four-bay, gable-roofed form on a fieldstone foundation, with double end chimneys of common-bond brick. A Greek Revival fluted doorway surround with lozenge-shaped corner blocks frames the double front door, and the center hall holds a spiral stair with a volute newel, a detail drawn from Owen Biddle's 1810 Young Carpenter's Assistant. Several interior mantels have Doric colonettes and fluted friezes. The house is regarded as one of the most refined plantation houses in the county and closely resembles Mt. Mourne and the McClelland-Davis House, which may share its builder. It is associated with Dr. George Stinson, a planter and early trustee of Davidson College, whose home was popular with students. Stinson and his wife are buried at Centre Presbyterian Church. The exact construction date remains uncertain, with family accounts giving 1837 and 1845.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1840","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The house is owned by a private family who are working toward its restoration; the exterior is largely unaltered apart from the porch columns and rear one-story additions of about the 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.45865-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7180/47718033/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002866.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718033","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Lawn_(Mount_Mourne,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/wood-lawn-80002866/"}