{"nrhp_refnum":"87002567","name":"Kirkman, O. Arthur, House and Outbuildings","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 W. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.95379943800003,"lon":-80.01144795399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house with outbuildings and formal gardens on about one and a half acres at 501 W. High Street in downtown High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, built in 1913 for O. Arthur Kirkman, Sr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the most intact early 20th-century urban estates in High Point, with exceptional quarter-sawn oak millwork and stained glass. The surviving outbuildings, including a small brick office and a garage used for Kirkman's businesses, reflect the early industrial phase of High Point when owners lived beside their factories. Kirkman's roles as manufacturer, developer and founder of the High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad are also cited.","narrative":"Built in 1913 on West High Street in downtown High Point, this two-story brick house combines Flemish bond brickwork and stone with Colonial Revival, Tudor and bungalow details. It was designed by its owner, O. Arthur Kirkman, Sr., a mattress manufacturer, land developer and early taxi and railroad entrepreneur. The interior has quarter-sawn oak millwork, a two-story rotunda with a stained glass skylight, and an unusually large amount of stained glass for a private home. Outbuildings on the grounds include a small brick office used for Kirkman's business ventures and a garage that housed an early taxi service. The formal gardens were laid out by his wife, Lulu Blanche Hammer Kirkman. The property is valued for its interior craftsmanship, its surviving outbuildings and its record of the city's early industrial growth, when mill and business owners lived beside their enterprises. It is one of four surviving pre-1920 houses on this block of High Street.","period_of_significance":"1913-1930","architect_builder":"O. Arthur Kirkman, Sr. (designer and original owner)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Tudor, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The terra cotta roof was replaced with fiberglass roofing about seven years before the form was written, and the rear wing has been stuccoed; the house and interior are described as virtually unchanged.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.27845-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7205/47720542/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87002567.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002567/da3dc28681-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002567/da3dc28681-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O._Arthur_Kirkman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O._Arthur_Kirkman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Arthur_Kirkman_House_and_Outbuildings","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462796"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/kirkman-o-arthur-house-and-outbuildings-87002567/"}