{"nrhp_refnum":"90000743","name":"Shuford-Hoover House","other_names":["Shuford House","Hoover House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of SR 1008, 0.05 mi. S of jct. with SR 10","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blackburn","county":"Catawba County","state":"NC","lat":35.62346643700005,"lon":-81.32082165099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame cottage with a log section behind it, located in the rural Blackburn community of south central Catawba County, North Carolina. The front portion was built about 1840 by Eli R. Shuford, and the rear log house is dated to about 1790 and linked to the frame house by a circa 1925 center room.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of transitional Federal/Greek Revival design and is well preserved in all its components. Its association with the early Shuford family and the county's settlement history, along with the refined interior and mantels of the circa 1840 house, are cited as the grounds for significance.","narrative":"Set in a small clearing in rural south central Catawba County near Blackburn, this one-story frame cottage combines a circa 1840 Federal/Greek Revival front section with a weatherboarded log house dating to about 1790. Eli R. Shuford added the frame section to his father Jacob Shuford's log dwelling before 1842. The house has symmetrical three-bay proportions, nine-over-nine front windows, a Doric-cornered center porch, and interiors with flush boarding, six-panel doors, and fluted mantels in the front rooms. Its features are regarded as unusually intact. The property is significant for its link to the Shuford family, who were prominent farmers, millers, and officeholders in Lincoln County, and for the region's settlement history. The Hoover family owned the house from 1859 and farmed it for generations, and several Hoover brothers served in the Civil War, with one killed at Chancellorsville.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1790- ca. 1840","architect_builder":"Jacob Shuford (log house, builder); Eli R. Shuford (frame house)","architectural_style":"Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a residence; the form states that Ms. Frankie Hoover still lives in the house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.233745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7174/47717443/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000743.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717443","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuford%E2%80%93Hoover_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158043"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/catawba-county/shuford-hoover-house-90000743/"}