{"nrhp_refnum":"80002877","name":"Sharpe, Col. Silas Alexander, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 S. Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesville","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.78150044400007,"lon":-80.88693647399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Classical Revival house at 402 S. Center Street, at the corner of S. Center and Sharpe streets near the commercial core of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. Begun around 1860, it was not completed until after the Civil War.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the oldest remaining in Statesville and an unusually sophisticated example of mid-19th-century Classical Revival design, centered on its two-story portico with clustered columns and reeded pilasters. It is also tied to Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe, a prominent industrialist and political leader in Statesville in the second half of the 19th century.","narrative":"Begun around 1860 and finished after the Civil War, this two-story frame house stands at the corner of South Center and Sharpe streets in Statesville. Its three-bay front is dominated by a full-height portico with slender clustered columns, a second-story balcony with turned balustrade held by cast-iron brackets, reeded pilasters, and monumental doorways with sidelights. Crossetted window surrounds and a very low hipped roof add to the design, which the nomination calls one of the most sophisticated of its period in Iredell County. The interior was largely remodeled in the Adamesque Revival style around 1937. The house is linked to Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe, who learned the tanning trade, bought a tanyard nearby, and operated a tannery for about half a century. He also built a tobacco warehouse in 1872, led the Home Guard during the Civil War, and served as mayor of Statesville several times.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival (exterior); interior remodeled in Adamesque Revival style around 1937","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; exterior described as intact and well preserved, condition marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.649049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7180/47718027/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002877.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002877/70db64e71f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002877/70db64e71f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COL._SILAS_ALEXANDER_SHARPE_HOUSE,_STATESVILLE,_IREDELL_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COL._SILAS_ALEXANDER_SHARPE_HOUSE,_STATESVILLE,_IREDELL_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718027","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._Silas_Alexander_Sharpe_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/sharpe-col-silas-alexander-house-80002877/"}