{"nrhp_refnum":"90001311","name":"Artz, Welsford Parker, House","other_names":["Catawba Hill","Artz House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"205 Maple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Old Fort","county":"McDowell County","state":"NC","lat":35.63172440400007,"lon":-82.17908565999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story, five-bay frame house, also called Catawba Hill, at 205 Maple Street in Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1904 and 1906 for tannery superintendent Welsford Parker Artz and his family.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Catawba Tannery and extract works that U.S. Leather established in Old Fort in 1904, the town's major industry for about thirty years. It also represents the work of master architect Frank J. Lindsey of Middletown, New York, as an early Colonial Revival house. It is described as the only well-preserved, stylish early Colonial Revival house in Old Fort.","narrative":"Perched on an elevated lot one block from Main Street in Old Fort, this two-and-one-half story frame house was built between 1904 and 1906 for Welsford Parker Artz, the first superintendent of the Catawba Tannery. The tannery, run by the United States Leather Company, employed more than 250 townspeople by 1910 and operated until about 1930. From the house, Artz could overlook the plant. Frank J. Lindsey and Son of Middletown, New York, wrote the specifications, and Merrimon Keeter of Old Fort is thought to have built it. The house combines Colonial Revival detailing, such as dentilled cornices, Tuscan porch columns and Palladian-influenced gable windows, with the asymmetrical massing of the Queen Anne style. Inside, a colonnaded window seat, yellow pine floors and original fixtures survive. Its significance rests on its link to the town's leather industry and on Lindsey's craftsmanship. A concrete cistern is also counted as a contributing resource.","period_of_significance":"1904-1925","architect_builder":"Lindsey, Frank J., architect (F.J. Lindsey and Son); Keeter, Merrimon, builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the interior is largely unaltered and the house has been maintained in near-mint condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.984365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7212/47721235/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001311.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001311/25d216b4b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001311/25d216b4b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"kismetcollins","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welsford_Parker_Artz_House_2013-09-23_11-00-44.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">kismetcollins</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:Welsford_Parker_Artz_House_2013-09-23_11-00-44.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721235","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsford_Parker_Artz_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mcdowell-county/artz-welsford-parker-house-90001311/"}