{"nrhp_refnum":"91001476","name":"Jones, Rev. Joshua D., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1526 S side, 0.4 mi. from NC 108","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mill Spring","county":"Polk County","state":"NC","lat":35.29023701400007,"lon":-82.16388355399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame I-house with a rear two-story ell and a small frame store building, located in the Stony Knoll community near Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina. Jones enlarged an earlier two-room house in 1897 and built the store about 1900.","why_significant":"The house and site illustrate the post-Civil War struggle of African-Americans to own land, live in communities of their own, and work through their church to improve their lives. Rev. Joshua D. Jones was a pastor of the Colored Methodist Church, a carpenter, merchant, farmer and teacher. The house is the only substantial structure in the Stony Knoll community and a symbol of Polk County's ethnic heritage.","narrative":"Rev. Joshua D. Jones House is a two-story frame I-house with a rear ell in the Stony Knoll community near Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina. Jones, born in 1858, bought the property in 1883, probably including a two-room house with attic. In 1897 he added two rooms and a full second floor, then covered the whole building in new weatherboard. A small frame store he built about 1900 stands between the house and Fox Mountain Road. Jones farmed, worked as a carpenter, kept the store, taught, and served as pastor of the Stony Knoll Colored Methodist Church. He bought land in a community of other African-Americans, reflecting the Reconstruction-era effort to own land and live among kin. After the property was sold in 1926 the interior declined, and some features were lost. The house later served as a church parsonage and community library. It was listed for its association with African-American ethnic heritage in Polk County.","period_of_significance":"1833-1926","architect_builder":"Jones, Rev. Joshua D.","architectural_style":"19th-century I-house","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the interior has suffered from neglect, the second floor is used for storage, and the well-house and a boxed stair have been removed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.580638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7218/47721876/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001476/f0bcc4596a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001476/f0bcc4596a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bigskybill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reverend_Joshua_D_Jones_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:Reverend_Joshua_D_Jones_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721876","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Joshua_D._Jones_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19720607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/polk-county/jones-rev-joshua-d-house-91001476/"}