{"nrhp_refnum":"84000595","name":"Stigerwalt, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Kannapolis off SR 1221 (Old Beatty Ford Rd.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bostian Heights","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.518363473500074,"lon":-80.51641176180067,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house with attic, built in 1811 for John Stigerwalt (Stirewalt) Jr. on a farm tract along Dutch Buffalo Creek near Kannapolis, in the Bostian Heights area of Rowan County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house has statewide architectural significance for its Flemish bond brickwork, bold diamond-pattern chimney, and a unique carved stone clock/sundial bearing the builder's name and the date 11 October 1811. These features tie it to the Germanic settlement of piedmont North Carolina. It is also the oldest surviving house in Rowan County associated with the locally prominent Stigerwalt family, and it was illustrated in Waterman's The Early Architecture of North Carolina.","narrative":"Built in 1811 for John Stigerwalt Jr., this two-story brick house with attic sits on a knoll beside the old Beatty Ford Road in Rowan County. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond with random glazed headers. A massive east chimney takes up over half of the east wall and is decorated with diamond-pattern brickwork. On the front, arches of glazed brick frame a carved stone clock face and sundial inscribed with the builder's name and the date 11 October 1811, a feature described as unique in the state. Stigerwalt never finished the interior, and the house was occupied unfinished through the 19th century. It later passed through several owners, including a miller and the Ketner family, who added a rear shed around 1919. The property was listed for its connection to German settlers in the piedmont, its link to the locally prominent Stigerwalt family, and its distinctive brickwork, which Thomas Waterman illustrated in his study of early North Carolina architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for John Stigerwalt Jr.; brickmasons unknown)","architectural_style":"Federal period brick house with Germanic influences","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as relatively intact but deteriorated, with an unfinished interior; the form lists it as occupied and in use as a private residence, with eight 20th-century outbuildings on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.855447-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7221/47722108/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84000595.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722108","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stigerwalt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/stigerwalt-john-house-84000595/"}