{"nrhp_refnum":"98001575","name":"Zachary, Mordecai, House","other_names":["Zachary--Tolbert House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 107, 0.2 mi. S of NC 1107","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cashiers","county":"Jackson County","state":"NC","lat":35.091294549000054,"lon":-83.08073156699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story vernacular Greek Revival frame dwelling on a 5.21-acre residual tract on the west side of NC 107 near Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina, built 1850-1852 by its original owner, Mordecai Zachary.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an intact example of a substantial two-story Greek Revival dwelling and a fine example of its builder's skilled carpentry. It is notable for its isolated mountain location and early date, since the style was rare in many western North Carolina mountain communities. It is also tied to Zachary, a member of one of Cashiers' founding families.","narrative":"Set in an open field near Cashiers in Jackson County, North Carolina, this two-story frame house was built between 1850 and 1852 by Mordecai Zachary, a skilled carpenter and son of one of the Cashiers Valley's first settlers. It follows a simple symmetrical plan with a central hall, two rooms on each side, a low hip roof, horizontal siding and a refined Greek Revival entrance with pilasters, entablature and fanlight. Construction combines timber framing with balloon framing. Later changes include a 1920s kitchen outbuilding, replaced siding in the 1940s and a removed wraparound porch. Two outbuildings, the kitchen and a small barn, are noncontributing. The house was listed for its architecture, as an intact and unusually early example of Greek Revival design in a remote mountain area where the style was rare. Moisture and settlement have caused deterioration, but the house retains its overall integrity. Local tradition links it to the Hampton family of South Carolina, though the nomination notes this is unsubstantiated.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Zachary, Mordecai (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant; work in progress. Described as in fair condition overall, with moisture damage, settlement and deteriorated sills and floor structure.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.468474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7209/47720926/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001575/19c7467bf9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001575/19c7467bf9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RichardKenni","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zachary-Tolbert_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RichardKenni</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:Zachary-Tolbert_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720926","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Zachary_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8064012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jackson-county/zachary-mordecai-house-98001575/"}