Monteith, Elias Brendle, House and Outbuildings
Why it's listed
Set between Scotts Creek and the railroad in Dillsboro, this farmstead centers on a Craftsman house completed around 1908 for Elias Brendle Monteith, who bought the land in 1907. The two-and-one-half-story frame house has a front-gable roof with exposed rafter ends and knee braces, an original scalloped tin shingle roof, and a center-hall plan with beaded board walls and ceilings. A porch wraps all four sides, though it may have been added in the 1920s. Around it stand a wash house and cannery, a greenhouse, a spring house, sheds, outhouses, a slaughterhouse and a barn, most dating to about 1908. Together they show how a family met most of its own needs through gardening, canning and farming. Monteith also worked in local merchandising and served as Dillsboro postmaster, and his two daughters lived on the property until 2001. The property is significant locally for its architecture and its intact range of domestic support buildings.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C as a fashionable Craftsman residence with an unusual double-pile, center-hall plan and a porch on all four sides. The surrounding ca. 1908 outbuildings show the range of support buildings needed for daily, self-sufficient life in Jackson County in the early twentieth 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 08000778, listed August 13, 2008. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 111 Hometown Place Rd., Dillsboro |
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| County | Jackson County |
| Listed | August 13, 2008 |
| Reference number | 08000778 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1908 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Craftsman |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the family owned the farmstead until the younger daughter died in 2001. The former gas station house is still rented. The slaughterhouse is in poor condition. |
| Acreage | 16.3 |
| Coordinates | 35.36818, -83.24316 (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.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 08000778.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19987155
- This listing as JSON
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