{"nrhp_refnum":"89000347","name":"Hughes, J. G., House","other_names":["Fieldstone"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Peak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Polk County","state":"NC","lat":35.25409121100006,"lon":-82.19953081099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style frame house on North Peak Street in Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina, built in 1896 by local civic leader John G. Hughes. It sits on a 1.92-acre town lot at the foot of White Oak Mountain.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of late 19th-century Queen Anne architecture in Polk County and may be the only remaining example of that sub-type in the northern half of the county. A 1985 county survey called it one of the most architecturally and historically significant buildings in Columbus. It is also tied to Hughes, a businessman, councilman and school trustee, and to Frank M. Stearns's development of Peak Street.","narrative":"Built in 1896 on North Peak Street in Columbus, North Carolina, this two-story weatherboard house is a small but elaborate example of Queen Anne design. It has a gabled front with half-timbering, a cutaway bay window with drop pendants, and a wraparound porch with sawn brackets and a sawtooth frieze. Inside, the oak stairway, colored-glass front door and bull's-eye door and window surrounds survive. John G. Hughes, a clothing merchant, city councilman, telephone company president and trustee of the Central Industrial Institute, built it on lots bought from school founder Frank M. Stearns. Stearns's deed restrictions were first relaxed to allow a modest, less costly house. In 1925 owners Edgar and Ada Cloud added a dining room and extended the kitchen without harming the house's character. Surveyors consider it possibly the only surviving Queen Anne example of its kind in northern Polk County, which is the basis for its architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"1896","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by John G. Hughes per the narrative; form lists architect/builder as Unknown)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form notes it has been restored by a recent owner, and a c.1925 garage is deteriorating and empty.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.280016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7218/47721840/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89000347.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000347/cda7de386c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000347/cda7de386c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bigskybill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_G_Hughes_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bigskybill</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:J_G_Hughes_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721840","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Hughes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19720612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/polk-county/hughes-j-g-house-89000347/"}