{"nrhp_refnum":"83001877","name":"Spurgeon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of High Point","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.98754073150005,"lon":-80.08823671403994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame dwelling and farm complex on the Abbott's Creek area near High Point in Davidson County, North Carolina, with a central core said to date from about 1845 and a collection of outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a significant example of vernacular piedmont North Carolina architecture with late Federal and Greek Revival woodwork, with a largely intact interior and furnishings including pieces by cabinetmaker John Swicegood. It also cites the locally prominent Spurgeon family, whose members included a state senator, and the outbuildings as evidence of mid-nineteenth-century farm life.","narrative":"Set in the Abbott's Creek area near High Point in Davidson County, North Carolina, the Spurgeon House is a two-story frame farmhouse whose central core is traditionally dated to about 1845. The original block has two rooms on each floor and an enclosed stair, with flat-paneled wainscoting and late Federal mantels. A two-story wing was added around 1900 at the southeast corner, and a further wing on the north side may be older. The house is surrounded by a group of outbuildings ranging from a possibly early kitchen and spring house to smokehouse and chickenhouse built around 1900. Its interior is regarded as largely intact, and several original pieces are attributed to the cabinetmaker John Swicegood. The property is significant for its architecture, for its ties to the locally prominent Spurgeon family, and for what it shows of mid-nineteenth-century piedmont farm life.","period_of_significance":"c. 1845-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federal and Greek Revival (vernacular)","criteria":["B","C","D"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with original site, with some outbuildings deteriorated; in the description, the house is stated to be in fine preservation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.480738-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7199/47719935/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001877.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001877/475e4885f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001877/475e4885f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eastward Gypsy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spurgeon_House_oblique.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastward Gypsy</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:Spurgeon_House_oblique.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719935","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurgeon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18392491"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/spurgeon-house-83001877/"}