{"nrhp_refnum":"82003472","name":"Feimster House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1516","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesville","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.87302024100006,"lon":-80.97636985219594,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story frame house on a fieldstone foundation in a rural, isolated setting in Iredell County, North Carolina, near Statesville. It was built ca. 1790-1810 for William Feimster and has a three-room Quaker plan with a loft.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is among the oldest surviving houses in Iredell County and is a rare, little-altered example of small 18th- and early 19th-century dwellings. Its transitional Georgian-Federal finish and Quaker plan are seen as representative of early rural architecture in the county and the Piedmont. It is also associated with William Feimster, a Revolutionary War veteran and locally prominent farmer, and with the county's late 18th- and early 19th-century agrarian economy.","narrative":"Built ca. 1790-1810 on a rural Iredell County site near Statesville, this one-and-one-half story frame house has a steep gable roof, fieldstone foundation and a three-room Quaker plan with a loft. Its molded siding, cove cornice and batten doors blend Georgian detail with Federal-era finish, and the interior keeps beaded sheathing and a plastered loft fireplace. A kitchen wing and porches were removed, yet the house is regarded as one of the oldest remaining in the county and as a rare, little-altered survivor of small 18th- and early 19th-century dwellings. It was built for William Feimster, a Revolutionary War veteran who ran a forge, gristmill and mercantile business with his son Abner, whose store housed the Liberty Hill post office. The house is significant for its agrarian ties to the county's economy, its association with Feimster's local prominence, and its representation of Piedmont domestic building traditions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Georgian-Federal; Quaker plan","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Somewhat deteriorated; kitchen wing and porches have been removed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.700324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7180/47718039/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003472.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718039","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feimster_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461724"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/feimster-house-82003472/"}