{"nrhp_refnum":"86000406","name":"Moore, William Alfred, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202 Moore Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Airy","county":"Surry County","state":"NC","lat":36.50186116100008,"lon":-80.60570689099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular frame house with Gothic, Italianate and Greek Revival details at 202 Moore Avenue in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, set within a 4.1 acre landscaped tract. It also includes a rustic hexagonal summer house of laurel roots in the front yard.","why_significant":"The house is Mount Airy's oldest surviving structure and is regarded as an architectural landmark for its mix of picturesque Gothic and Italianate detailing on an I-house form. The landscape, especially the rare rustic summer house nearly identical to a design in A. J. Downing's 1844 book, is cited as a significant surviving example. The house also has historical associations with the Moore family's business and civic life.","narrative":"Built between 1861 and 1863 for merchant and textile mill owner William Alfred Moore, this two-story frame house on Moore Avenue in Mount Airy is the oldest surviving building in the town. It is a traditional symmetrical I-house decorated with Gothic and Italianate details, including a pointed-arch window in the center gable, sawn brackets under wide eaves, and a polygonal bay window. Greek Revival features appear mainly inside, in pier-and-lintel mantels, two-panel doors and corner blocks. The house sits in a 4.1 acre landscape that retains original boxwoods, magnolias and carved granite pieces. In the front yard stands a hexagonal summer house of bent laurel roots, built about 1865, with matching furniture. Its design closely matches illustrations in A. J. Downing's 1844 landscape book, which is why it is considered rare. The Moore family has owned the house continuously since its construction.","period_of_significance":"1861-1863","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic and Italianate with Greek Revival interior features","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied by the Moore family's descendants; a c. 1925 expansion and remodeling and c. 1930 roof replacement are described.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.864474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7223/47722304/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000406/c08f4d297a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000406/c08f4d297a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmw002","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Alfred_Moore_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmw002</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:William_Alfred_Moore_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85002931","name":"Mount Airy Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/mount-airy-historic-district-additional-documentation-85002931/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722304","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alfred_Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987170"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/surry-county/moore-william-alfred-house-86000406/"}