{"nrhp_refnum":"87000483","name":"Jones House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"124 E. King St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boone","county":"Watauga County","state":"NC","lat":36.21845565600006,"lon":-81.68328643299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-level frame house built in 1908 at 124 East King Street in downtown Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, on a one-acre lot at the foot of Rich Mountain. It combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles and is owned by the Town of Boone.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of Boone's few remaining examples of pre-WWI architecture, with a mix of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles and prominent gables and bays that break up its cubic mass. It also occupies one of the few open lots left on the main commercial street, a rare survival of early twentieth century land-use patterns. It was built by Dr. J. Walter Jones, a prominent local physician.","narrative":"Set on a one-acre lot above King Street in the middle of Boone's commercial district, this 1908 frame house combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styling. It is a compact cube under a pyramidal roof, with projecting bays on three sides, gables, a hipped front porch with turned columns, and interiors of chestnut and pine paneling. Dr. John Walter Jones, a physician who came to Boone in 1902, built it for his family, paying for much of the material with medical services. The original six-acre property shrank through later sales, and after Dr. Jones died in 1925 his widow took in roomers for decades. The Town of Boone bought the house in 1983, and a deed restriction requires its use as a cultural or historic center or park. Restoration aims to return it to its 1908 appearance. The house is valued as one of the few pre-World War I buildings left in town and for the open lot that preserves an older land-use pattern.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1908)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Combination Colonial Revival and Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Purchased by the Town of Boone in 1983; restoration to its original appearance is under way for use as a cultural or historic center or park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.495963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7227/47722776/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000483/5bd52b9645-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000483/5bd52b9645-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Karen D. Hoffman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jones_House_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen D. Hoffman</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:Jones_House_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722776","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_House_(Boone,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20711955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/watauga-county/jones-house-87000483/"}