{"nrhp_refnum":"91000340","name":"Hyatt, Abel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. side NC 1168, 0.2 mi. N of jct with NC 1191","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryson City","county":"Swain County","state":"NC","lat":35.43667423650004,"lon":-83.395972293375,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick I-house with a one-story rear ell, built in 1880 on the banks of the Tuckasegee River about three miles northeast of Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. It sits on a 24.5-acre tract with a cut-and-fill landscaped site and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only known nineteenth-century domestic masonry building in Swain County and is exceptional in a region where brick houses were rare. It also has well-crafted black walnut woodwork, a two-tiered latticed portico and modest vernacular Greek Revival detailing. Its siting on a hillside shelf dug out and filled to lift it above the river flood plain is cited as an early example of cut-and-fill landscaping.","narrative":"Built in 1880 for farmer Abel Hyatt, this two-story brick I-house overlooks the Tuckasegee River northeast of Bryson City. Local builders Manus Welch and Thad Buchanan were paid partly in cash and partly in produce from Hyatt's farm, and date bricks reading \"Buchanan 1880\" mark the front corners. A central two-tiered portico with lattice work, a center-hall plan, black walnut woodwork cut from trees on the property, and simple Greek Revival detailing define the design. The house matters because brick dwellings were uncommon in rural western North Carolina, usually belonging to the wealthiest residents, yet Hyatt was a farmer of moderate means. It is described as the only known nineteenth-century domestic masonry building in Swain County. The house also sits on a platform cut from the hillside and filled to lift it above river floods, an early example of cut-and-fill landscaping. The property keeps its original character and remains a family dwelling with several farm outbuildings.","period_of_significance":"1880","architect_builder":"Manus Welch and Thad Buchanan, builders","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form says it has a high degree of integrity, with only minor alterations such as an enclosed rear side porch for bathrooms and modern paneling in the first-floor parlor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.7756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7223/47722343/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000340.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000340/07b893f7fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000340/07b893f7fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Warren LeMay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abel_Hyatt_House,_Ela,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abel_Hyatt_House,_Ela,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722343","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Hyatt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18152499"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/swain-county/hyatt-abel-house-91000340/"}