{"nrhp_refnum":"85001451","name":"Bowen-Jordan Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1100","address_restricted":false,"city":"Siler City","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.679406422000056,"lon":-79.5073565781691,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm in the Siler City vicinity of western Chatham County, North Carolina, centered on a two-and-a-half story Federal style frame house built about 1825, with a detached kitchen, smokehouse and other outbuildings, on about 89 acres.","why_significant":"The house has an unusual variation of the Quaker three-room plan, with a wide central hall into which the rooms open, reflecting the area's Quaker heritage. The farm is also tied to William Bowen, a wealthy farmer and merchant, and to James Maloy Jordan, a prominent Siler City businessman. It illustrates Quaker settlement and large-scale farming in Chatham County during the nineteenth century.","narrative":"Set in an area of western Chatham County settled by Quakers, this farm centers on a large two-and-a-half story Federal style frame house, probably built around 1825. The house was reoriented over time: the present rear porch, with tapered posts and a fieldstone foundation, was originally the front. Inside, a wide central hall opens onto the rooms, an unusual variation of the Quaker plan, and the original wide flush board sheathing and Federal mantels survive. A one-and-a-half story detached kitchen, which family tradition calls a slave cabin, stands nearby with a Flemish bond chimney, along with a smokehouse and later farm buildings. The farm is linked to William Bowen, a farmer and merchant who died in 1856, and later to James Maloy Jordan, a Siler City banker and businessman who operated it from the 1870s. It was listed for its architecture, Quaker settlement history and these two men.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal (described as Georgian-Federal in the criteria statement)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The form marks the property as private, unoccupied and vacant. The house is described as retaining its original interior finish.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.614152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7174/47717463/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001451.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717463","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowen-Jordan_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148601"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/bowen-jordan-farm-85001451/"}