{"nrhp_refnum":"82003526","name":"Hemphill, J. L., House","other_names":["Lowe House or Woodie House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 N. Brook St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilkesboro","county":"Wilkes County","state":"NC","lat":36.14717871800008,"lon":-81.16454286099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne style house at 203 N. Brook Street in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, built in 1899 by J. L. Hemphill on a lot of about four acres.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most prominent Queen Anne style dwelling remaining in Wilkesboro. It embodies the style's irregular massing and variety of texture and ornamentation as interpreted in North Carolina frame houses around the turn of the twentieth century. Its interior is described as representative of common millwork of the period.","narrative":"Set at the crest of a hill on a four-acre lot of lawn and woodland, this 1899 house at 203 N. Brook Street in Wilkesboro is a large two-story frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. J. L. (Jimmy) Hemphill, who ran a wholesale dry goods company and also worked in the building trade, built it. The house has a hip-roofed central block with gabled projections on four sides, a polygonal tower with a bell-cast roof, and a wraparound porch with turned posts and spindlework. Surfaces vary from German siding to patterned metal roof shingles and diamond-cut gable shingles, and the gable windows hold stained glass. Inside, a central hall, a turned stairway and beaded-board sheathing remain, though the first floor was later covered with paneling. The nomination considers it the most prominent Queen Anne dwelling left in Wilkesboro. Since 1920 it has passed through the Lowe and Woodie family.","period_of_significance":"1899","architect_builder":"J. L. Hemphill","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (late Victorian)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; exterior largely intact, with first-floor interior walls and ceilings later covered over with plywood paneling and acoustical tiles.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.541559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7186/47718699/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003526.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718699","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._L._Hemphill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilkes-county/hemphill-j-l-house-82003526/"}