{"nrhp_refnum":"84002137","name":"Moore, Eli, House","other_names":["Dv-125"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1741","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.98126075250005,"lon":-80.06116186792016,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story, two-room hall-and-parlor log house on an isolated ridge above Rich Fork Creek in northeast Davidson County, near High Point, North Carolina. It sits on a small farm with several outbuildings and was built in the first half of the nineteenth century by a Moore family of blacksmiths.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house has early construction features typical of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Piedmont log housing, and that on architectural evidence it is the earliest log house in Davidson County. It is also associated with three generations of Moore blacksmiths. Its wooden door hardware is unusual given that ownership.","narrative":"Set on an isolated ridge above Rich Fork Creek in northeast Davidson County, this one-and-one-half-story log house measures twenty-six by eighteen feet and rests on fieldstone piers. Its hewn logs have V-notched corners and clay chinking, and the roof rafters end in decorative scallops. Inside, a log partition divides a larger north room from a smaller south room, with an enclosed stair to the loft. Doors swing on wooden strap hinges set in wooden pentels, and wooden battens seal the joints between logs, which is unusual for a dwelling. The house was probably built by Eli Moore between 1815 and his death in 1847, and later passed through his son Nathan and grandson Eli, all blacksmiths. A blacksmith shop from the farm has been moved to the High Point Museum grounds and restored. On architectural evidence the house is considered the earliest log house in the county, though documents cannot fix a more specific date. The house stood vacant for most of the twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"First half of nineteenth century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Hall-and-parlor log house","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; the house was described as vacant for most of the twentieth century, and the form lists the property as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.245429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7176/47717633/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002137.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717633","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18353167"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/moore-eli-house-84002137/"}