{"nrhp_refnum":"98000995","name":"Jordan, Dr. Arch, House","other_names":["Manse Little River Presbyterian Church","Or931"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7015 NC 57","address_restricted":false,"city":"Caldwell","county":"Orange County","state":"NC","lat":36.18451220500003,"lon":-79.01888711443189,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story center-hall frame house with Italianate detailing and a projecting central gable, on farmland in the Caldwell community of northern Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1870s for Dr. Archibald Currie Jordan, a local physician.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the best-preserved and most ornate rural example of the Italianate style in Orange County, with much of its original interior intact. It also argues the house was central to rural community life through Dr. Jordan's medical practice, the Jordan Brothers' store, and its use as a Presbyterian manse from 1905 to 1929.","narrative":"Built in the mid-1870s for Dr. Archibald Currie Jordan, this two-story, center-hall frame house in the Caldwell community of northern Orange County is regarded as the most ornate and best-preserved rural Italianate dwelling in the county. Its features include bracketed, overhanging eaves, paired hooded windows with curved tops, a round-topped entrance door, and a low-hipped porch. Inside, original plaster, diagonal tongue-and-groove sheathing in the center hall, molded post-and-lintel mantels, and a curving open staircase survive largely unaltered. The house is also important for social history. Dr. Jordan served as the community's physician for about twenty-five years and was involved with the Caldwell Institute school. He and his brother operated a general store and pharmacy across the road. From 1905 to 1929 the house served as a manse for three local Presbyterian churches. The property's outbuildings include a smokehouse and a tobacco barn.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1875-1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house was used as a Presbyterian manse until 1929 and later passed into the McKee family, serving primarily as farmland.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.801315-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7216/47721656/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98000995.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000995/98d09d448e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000995/98d09d448e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DR._ARCH_JORDAN_HOUSE,_CALDWELL,_ORANGE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:DR._ARCH_JORDAN_HOUSE,_CALDWELL,_ORANGE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721656","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Arch_Jordan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874752"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/orange-county/jordan-dr-arch-house-98000995/"}