Daltonia
Also known as: John H. Dalton House
The pin is a point inside the NPS boundary polygon, not a surveyed location.
Why it's listed
Daltonia is a two-story frame house completed in 1858 for John Hunter Dalton in rural northeast Iredell County. Its three-bay front is dominated by a pedimented two-story portico with pierced sawnwork posts, a wheat-sheaf balustrade, a decorated lunette, and a fluted-pilaster entry with frosted transom and sidelights. Inside, mantels and doors carry painted graining and marbling, and the mantels show Greek key banding drawn from a pattern book of 1830. The farm retains two log buildings, a dry-laid stone structure once used to season tobacco, dairy barns, and other farm buildings. Dalton grew the largest tobacco crop in the county and in 1860 made 50,000 pounds of plug tobacco in a factory across the road. The house is considered one of the county's finest Greek Revival buildings, and it has stayed with his descendants and remains in excellent condition.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is one of the most architecturally outstanding in Iredell County, with richly varied Greek Revival detailing on the portico and interior. It was also the seat of John Hunter Dalton, the county's leading tobacco grower and early tobacco manufacturer in the mid-nineteenth century.
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 80002856, listed December 8, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | SR 2115, Houstonville |
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| County | Iredell County |
| Listed | December 8, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80002856 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition listed as excellent; the house is occupied as a private residence and the land is still farmed. One nearby secondary house is noted as vacant. |
| Acreage | 57 |
| Coordinates | 36.00059, -80.74909 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 80002856.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20202655
- This listing as JSON
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