{"nrhp_refnum":"83001910","name":"Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor House","other_names":["See Also:Central Leaksville Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"610 Henry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eden","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.491443695000044,"lon":-79.76552074699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house on a side street at the edge of the Leaksville business district in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina, combining an early nineteenth-century frame block, a detached brick kitchen, and a late nineteenth-century two-and-a-half story main block with later rear additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally notable for its surviving Federal style interior in the early frame section and its Italianate and Queen Anne main block, and that its owners, including three Leaksville physicians and members of the Reynolds family active in North Carolina Republican politics, give it local historical importance. The brick structure may be a rare surviving detached kitchen.","narrative":"Built in the early 1820s by Dubartes Dempsey, the original frame section of this house in Leaksville, now part of Eden, retains much of its Federal style interior, including a handsome mantel and a stair with a plain wainscot. Behind it stands a brick structure with a large hearth, probably built in the early nineteenth century and possibly a detached kitchen. In the late nineteenth century a two-and-a-half story main block was added, with Italianate and Queen Anne ornament such as turned porch details, decorative gables and a plaster ceiling medallion. Owners included Dr. Anthony B. Johns, Dr. Thomas E. Reynolds, and Dr. Thomas Graves Taylor, all physicians. Members of the Reynolds family, including Charles A. Reynolds, who served as lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 1897 until 1901, were prominent Republicans. The house is regarded as one of Rockingham County's most historically important structures.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Italianate and Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"A 1987 amendment states the house is no longer used as a residence and has been converted to office use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.944833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7220/47722011/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001910/4d4c21d1f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001910/4d4c21d1f3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003376","name":"Central Leaksville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/central-leaksville-historic-district-86003376/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868027"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/dempsey-reynolds-taylor-house-83001910/"}