{"nrhp_refnum":"86000159","name":"Caldwell-Cobb-Love House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"218 E. Congress St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lincolnton","county":"Lincoln County","state":"NC","lat":35.46898948200004,"lon":-81.25352180699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story frame house with a high Flemish bond brick basement at 218 East Congress Street in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, begun about 1841 by Dr. Elam Caldwell and later remodeled twice.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house shows three distinct periods of construction: a transitional Federal/Greek Revival dwelling, a Victorian Cottage remodeling by Beverly Cobb around 1877, and a turn-of-the-century expansion by Edgar Love. It is also tied to three locally prominent owners in medicine, law, politics and industry. It is called one of Lincolnton's most important 19th-century houses.","narrative":"Located on East Congress Street in Lincolnton, this house grew in three stages over roughly sixty years. Dr. Elam Caldwell, a physician from a prominent local family, probably built it around 1841 as a two-story frame house on a high Flemish bond brick basement, in a transitional Federal and Greek Revival manner. In 1877 Beverly Cobb, a lawyer, legislator and later mayor, bought the property and reworked it in the Victorian Cottage style, adding cross-gable ells, wall dormers, an inset porch and balconies. Around 1900 industrialist Edgar Love added a rear wing and porches. Much of the original woodwork survives, including pine floors, eight-panel doors and mantels, along with molded pediments on the front facade. Later owners removed some Victorian sawnwork. After standing empty from the 1970s, the house was restored in 1983 and remains a private residence. Its significance rests on its layered architecture and its links to three locally prominent owners.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dr. Elam Caldwell (original builder, ca. 1841); form lists builder/architect as unknown","architectural_style":"Transitional Federal/Greek Revival, remodeled in Victorian Cottage style","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Unoccupied from the 1970s until 1983, when it was restored; listed on the form as occupied and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.802767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7210/47721088/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000159.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000159/da6fa09d78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000159/da6fa09d78-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caldwell-Cobb-Love_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:Caldwell-Cobb-Love_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721088","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell-Cobb-Love_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460767"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lincoln-county/caldwell-cobb-love-house-86000159/"}