{"nrhp_refnum":"85001685","name":"Tucker, John W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1353","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tuckerdale","county":"Ashe County","state":"NC","lat":36.51888974350004,"lon":-81.55334307510678,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse built about 1883 for farmer John W. Tucker in the Big Windfall Valley near Tuckerdale, Ashe County, North Carolina, on a 50-acre nominated tract.","why_significant":"The house is a fine late nineteenth century farmhouse combining Greek Revival and Italianate elements, with sawn woodwork on its two-tier porch and in the largely unaltered interior. It reflects the prosperity of John Tucker and the shift from subsistence to cash-crop farming in Ashe County. It was also the boyhood home of Harrison C. Tucker, a prominent county business and civic leader who helped found West Jefferson.","narrative":"Built about 1883 for farmer John W. Tucker in the Big Windfall Valley of Ashe County, this two-story frame farmhouse follows a locally recognized New River T-shaped plan. Its most notable feature is a two-tier front porch with sawn and bracketed woodwork, an Italianate trait, while the symmetrical composition and splayed window surrounds reflect Greek Revival influence. Inside, a center hall, walnut handrail, chestnut and cherry newel post, and sawn mantle friezes show a level of detail that points to the family's standing in the community. The house was listed because it illustrates how rising farm prosperity and access to ready-made decorative woodwork shaped late nineteenth century rural building in the county. It was also the boyhood home of Harrison C. Tucker, who helped found West Jefferson and promoted rail service to the county. After a period of vacancy and neglect, the house was restored in 1984 and its original two-color paint scheme returned.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date ca. 1883)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate elements; New River T-shaped plan","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied until 1976, then vacant and neglected; purchased in 1983 and restored in 1984, with plans to offer it as rental property. Described as in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.013587-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7189/47718953/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001685.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001685/7714fc2090-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001685/7714fc2090-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"rossograph","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Tucker_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">rossograph</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Tucker_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Tucker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158949"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/ashe-county/tucker-john-w-house-85001685/"}