Hoyle, Eli, House
Why it's listed
Built about 1830-1833, this two-story frame house with an attic stands on a 2.76-acre lot along the Dallas-Stanley Highway near Dallas. It was the seat of a 356-acre plantation that Andrew Hoyle conveyed to his son Eli in 1832, and Eli lived there until his death in 1844. Later owners included the Withers family and, from 1929 to 1997, Walter Larrington Stroup and his descendants. The house has a five-bay front with a full-width porch, Flemish-bond brick end chimneys, and a classical entrance with fluted columns and sidelights. Inside, a center-hall plan holds four original mantels, six-panel doors, wainscoting and a fully developed staircase based on a pattern from Owen Biddle's Young Carpenter's Assistant. One parlor mantel carries a sunburst and four-leaf clover motif with no known North Carolina precedent. The rear kitchen ell was altered over time, but the main block is largely intact. The house stands a few hundred feet from the ancestral Hoyle House.
Significance in brief: The nomination describes the house as remarkably intact, with a complete program of high-quality interior woodwork and one of the finest surviving staircases of its period in the western Piedmont. Its mantels include a sunburst, four-leaf clover and pine cone design with no known precedent in North Carolina architecture. It also retains its relationship to the nearby ancestral Hoyle House and is tied to Eli Hoyle's family.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 98001529, listed December 17, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1111 Dallas-Stanley Hwy, Dallas |
|---|---|
| County | Gaston County |
| Listed | December 17, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98001529 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current function is listed as work in progress; the property is a 2.76-acre house lot with two noncontributing frame outbuildings, and modern wall paneling and closets were being removed in 1997-1998. |
| Acreage | 2.8 |
| Coordinates | 35.32716, -81.14096 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98001529.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18711581
- This listing as JSON
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