{"nrhp_refnum":"80002899","name":"Mount Vernon","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"SR 1003 and SR 1986","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodleaf","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.78733619950003,"lon":-80.64318626420739,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mount Vernon is a Federal-style plantation house with farm outbuildings and mill remains on about 29.5 acres near Woodleaf in northwest Rowan County, North Carolina. The house was built around 1822 for Jacob Krider.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the best preserved and most intact Federal plantation seat in Rowan County, notable for its double pent chimney, brickwork, and woodgrained interiors. It is tied to Jacob Krider, a local leader and a founder of the Western Carolinian newspaper, and to the plantation, post office, store and milling economy of the western Piedmont. The mill ruins may yield information about corn, flour and saw milling.","narrative":"Near Woodleaf in northwest Rowan County, North Carolina, Mount Vernon is a two-story, three-bay weatherboarded frame house built around 1822 for Jacob Krider. Its most striking feature is a pair of single-shoulder chimneys joined by a brick pent on one gable end, laid in one-to-seven common bond. Inside, a center-hall plan, Federal mantels and vernacular woodgraining survive, including graining with Krider's initials. Krider, born in 1788, captained a militia unit in the War of 1812 and helped found the Western Carolinian, an influential western newspaper. The house also served as a post office. The farm included a mill, a general store and later outbuildings such as a log smokehouse, a barn, and structures from about 1917. The property was listed as the best preserved Federal plantation seat in Rowan County, reflecting the medium-scale plantation economy of the western Piedmont. The nominated 29.5 acres also take in the house, outbuildings, and the archaeological remains of the mill and dam.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jacob Krider (builder/original owner)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied; condition marked good and altered. The mill has collapsed and survives as ruins and remains.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.414565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/7220/47722048/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002899.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722048","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon_(Woodleaf,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987229"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/mount-vernon-80002899/"}