{"nrhp_refnum":"90000864","name":"Propst, David F., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of SR 1810 and SR 1878","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maiden","county":"Catawba County","state":"NC","lat":35.59755803400003,"lon":-81.18548330499993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay brick farmhouse built circa 1887 about two miles northeast of Maiden in Catawba County, North Carolina, on a 2.61-acre house lot at the corner of SR 1810 and SR 1878.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant as one of a small group of similar brick houses built in rural Catawba County in the 1870s and 1880s. Its most distinctive feature is the strong division of the walls by plain brick pilasters and a corbelled cornice. It also represents the single-family farm that has dominated much of the county's history.","narrative":"Built around 1887 for farmer David F. Propst, this two-story brick farmhouse sits about two miles northeast of Maiden in Catawba County, North Carolina. It is a three-bay, single-pile house with end chimneys, laid in six-to-one common bond with large, light orange-brown bricks that family tradition says were handmade. Plain brick pilasters mark the bays, and a corbelled cornice runs across the gable ends. A one-story brick rear ell repeats the detailing. Inside, the first-floor mantels have reeded pilasters and curved friezes, and the stair has a chamfered newel and curved brackets. The house is one of a small group of brick farmhouses raised in rural Catawba County in the 1870s and 1880s, each with its own detailing. Propst farmed 150 to 250 acres, raised ten children here, and his farm held through the hard times of the 1890s and the Depression. Only the house lot survives today.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1887","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has been sporadically vacant since 1986. The farm once exceeded 100 acres, but only the house lot remains.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.302054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7173/47717398/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000864.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717398","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Propst_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18157032"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/catawba-county/propst-david-f-house-90000864/"}