{"nrhp_refnum":"84002332","name":"Weir, Dr. David P., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"223 N. Edgeworth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.074625799000046,"lon":-79.79638152499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 223 N. Edgeworth Street on the northwest edge of downtown Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, built about 1846 for Dr. David P. Weir. Architect Alexander Jackson Davis may have supplied the plan.","why_significant":"The house is one of ten surviving antebellum buildings in Greensboro and has ornamental details, such as sawn trim and bay windows, that were unusual for the North Carolina piedmont. It is tied to Dr. Weir, a physician and insurance company officer, and to James F. Jordan, a tobacconist who reputedly drew wealthy northern hunters to the county. It also embodies mid-19th-century Italianate features on a typical center-hall, double-pile plan.","narrative":"Dr. David P. Weir House is a two-story frame residence on a broad lawn at the northwest edge of downtown Greensboro, surrounded by office buildings and other surviving houses. Built about 1846, it is one of only ten antebellum buildings left in the city. Its center-hall, double-pile plan is common in the North Carolina piedmont, but the sawn trim, paired windows, bay windows and decorative porch gable were unusual for the time. New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis recorded a plan for Weir in 1844, though it is unknown whether Weir used it. Weir was an Irish-born physician who became secretary and treasurer of an insurance and trust company. Later owner James F. Jordan, a tobacconist, reputedly drew wealthy northern businessmen to hunt in Guilford County. The Greensboro Woman's Club bought the house in 1921 and has used it as a clubhouse. In 1961 the club enclosed the first level of the front porch, but the house remains much as Weir built it.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1846","architect_builder":"Alexander Jackson Davis (?)","architectural_style":"Italianate, with Greek Revival features","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied; used as a clubhouse by the Greensboro Woman's Club since 1921, with the second story rented as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.364957-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7205/47720546/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002332/754885a6fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002332/754885a6fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rhpotter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._David_P._Weir_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhpotter</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._David_P._Weir_House_(Greensboro,_North_Carolina)_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720546","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._David_P._Weir_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016327"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/weir-dr-david-p-house-84002332/"}