{"nrhp_refnum":"80002873","name":"McClelland-Davis House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1551","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesville","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.83078086450004,"lon":-80.9242893092858,"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 frame plantation house with outbuildings on the north side of SR 1551, northwest of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built probably between 1830 and 1845, most likely around 1835, and is attributed to John N. McClelland.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most sophisticated and best preserved plantation houses in Iredell County, with refined transitional Federal/Greek Revival detailing. Its stair design shows the influence of Owen Biddle's 1810 builders' guide. It also represents antebellum plantations that stayed in one family for many years, and its contemporary outbuildings and farmland form a fitting setting.","narrative":"Northwest of Statesville stands a two-story frame plantation house built probably between 1830 and 1845, most likely around 1835, for John N. McClelland. Its transitional Federal and Greek Revival design includes a hipped-roof front porch with finely fluted Doric columns, a double-leaf entrance with sidelights and transom, and a center-hall plan. Inside, a graceful stairway with tulip brackets reflects Owen Biddle's 1810 builders' guide, a feature shared with Mt. Mourne, Wood Lawn and the Johnson-Neel House, which may have had the same builder. Surviving outbuildings include a handhewn granary and a half dovetail log smokehouse, both probably contemporary with the house. The McClelland family held the land for over a century before it was sold in 1876 to Jonathan A. Davis, whose descendants later owned it. The house is considered one of the most refined and best preserved plantation houses in Iredell County, and the farm and woodland setting remains in use.","period_of_significance":"1830-1845","architect_builder":"John N. McClelland (believed builder); possibly the same unnamed builder as Mt. Mourne and Wood Lawn","architectural_style":"Transitional Federal-Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; house and remaining outbuildings described as well preserved, with the land still used for farmland and woodlands.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.398567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7180/47718035/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002873.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClelland-Davis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987014"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/mcclelland-davis-house-80002873/"}