Adams, John H., House
Why it's listed
Built in 1918 on North Main Street in High Point, this two-story stuccoed house was designed mainly in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, with features drawn from the Mission, Prairie School and Beaux Arts traditions. It has a terra-cotta tile roof, a symmetrical five-bay facade, a columned entrance porch with Ionic columns, and a second-floor loggia with semi-circular arches. Its interior includes an oval vestibule with a marble Greek key floor, a grand hall and an original panelled dining room. The house was built for John Hampton Adams, a hosiery manufacturer who helped establish the hosiery industry in High Point and who lived there until 1931. The nomination regards the house as a rare surviving example of a wealthy industrialist's residence from the pre-Depression boom. It is considered significant both for its association with Adams and as a local example of its architectural style, and it is said to have changed little in its exterior and interior fabric.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is associated with John Hampton Adams, a hosiery manufacturer who helped build High Point's hosiery industry and the Adams-Millis Corporation, and that it is an architecturally significant local example of a high-style residence of the 1910s and early 1920s. It is described as retaining high integrity from the period of Adams's occupancy.
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 00001641, listed January 11, 2001. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1108 N. Main ST., High Point |
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| County | Guilford County |
| Listed | January 11, 2001 |
| Reference number | 00001641 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1918 to 1931 |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival with Mission, Prairie School and Beaux Arts influences |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house was rehabilitated for use as an inn after a funeral home period; the document describes it as currently undergoing rehabilitation. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 35.96967, -80.01535 (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 00001641.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19460099
- This listing as JSON
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