{"nrhp_refnum":"81000427","name":"Silvermont","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brevard","county":"Transylvania County","state":"NC","lat":35.22910004400006,"lon":-82.72967119599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Silvermont is a large Colonial Revival brick mansion on an eight-and-one-half acre lot on East Main Street in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, completed in 1917. A brick garage with a gambrel roof stands on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the most ambitious private residences built in western North Carolina, with a gambrel roof, monumental portico and high quality interior millwork. It also ties the house to Joseph Silversteen, a tanning and lumber industrialist who was a leading figure in the county's early twentieth century economy and civic life.","narrative":"Brick Colonial Revival mansion on East Main Street in Brevard, completed in 1917 with a broad gambrel roof, a two-story Corinthian portico and an elliptical sun room. Its center hall stair rises in two runs to a landing lit by a three-part Palladian window, and the interior retains high quality millwork, paneled wainscot and mantels with mirrored overmantels. The house was built for Joseph Silversteen, a Pennsylvania-born tanner who moved to Transylvania County about 1902 and later organized the Gloucester Lumber Company, which used 20,000 acres of forest land. Silversteen's tanning, lumber and financial interests made his firms the county's largest taxpayers until the 1950s. The house is regarded as one of the most ambitious residences of its type in western North Carolina and is significant for its architecture and for its link to the region's shift from farming toward industry. After his widow's death in 1972, the house and its grounds passed to Transylvania County as a recreation center.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Used as the county's main public recreation center; the document states that its current status is uncertain and that maintenance costs have exceeded the trust fund.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.712651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7223/47722353/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/81000427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000427/34eeed92c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000427/34eeed92c5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jethrohoyt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvermont.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jethrohoyt</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:Silvermont.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000638","name":"East Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/east-main-street-historic-district-09000638/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvermont_(Brevard,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679833"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/transylvania-county/silvermont-81000427/"}