{"nrhp_refnum":"89000166","name":"Mattocks, William Edward, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swansboro","county":"Onslow County","state":"NC","lat":34.68744528900004,"lon":-77.11785154699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story, double-pile frame house at 109 Front Street in Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina, overlooking the White Oak River. It was begun in 1901 and finished in the 1910s, with an adjacent circa 1931 cafe building on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C as a deliberate Colonial Revival evocation of the older local coastal plain cottage form. It is also significant as an example of late Victorian craftsmanship produced in Swansboro's lumber-boom era. The circa 1931 cafe, built to mimic the main house, is also counted as significant.","narrative":"Overlooking the White Oak River on Front Street in Swansboro, this one-and-a-half-story frame house was begun in 1901 for William Edward Mattocks, a former ship captain and marine engineer, and was completed during the 1910s. Mattocks did some of the carpentry, but most of the work was done by local carpenter Robert Lee Smith. The board-and-batten house has a steeply pitched gabled roof, dormers, an engaged two-tier porch and a center stair hall. It was modelled on the coastal plain cottage, a much older local house type, and the form reflects the national Colonial Revival movement. Inside, beaded board sheathing and chamfered trim reflect late Victorian craftsmanship typical of Swansboro. A smaller cafe building beside it, built about 1931 by Mattocks's daughter Dorothy Sanders, copies the main house's form and detailing. The property is recognized for architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1901 - circa 1910s","architect_builder":"Mattocks, William Edward; Smith, Robert Lee","architectural_style":"Vernacular Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress; the interior is described as well preserved. The foundation is now concrete block, replacing the original brick piers.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.203673-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7216/47721606/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89000166.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90000440","name":"Swansboro Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/swansboro-historic-district-additional-documentation-90000440/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721606","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Mattocks_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/onslow-county/mattocks-william-edward-house-89000166/"}