Durrett-Jarratt House
Also known as: Jarratt, Isaac, House
Why it's listed
Built around 1820 by Virginian Davis Durrett, this two-story frame house on the west bank of the Yadkin River is a large Federal-style dwelling with four rooms of unequal size on each floor and two separate enclosed stairs. Its interior retains original Federal doors, mantels, wainscots and trim, and the walls and doors carry wood graining over a yellow ocher base beneath a mahogany-colored glaze, with deep green trim. The graining and polychromed finishes are regarded as among the finest and best preserved of their type in North Carolina. The house passed to Isaac Jarratt in 1835, a slave trader and merchant who later served as chairman of the county court and as a Confederate state senator, and it remained in the Jarratt family for more than 150 years. A mid-nineteenth-century dining room and early twentieth-century kitchen were added at the west end. The house was sold in 1996 with a preservation covenant.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is unrivaled in Yadkin County for its Federal-style interior woodwork and painted finishes, and that its intact Federal-period wood graining makes it a leading example of that decorative treatment in North Carolina. It is presented as one of the finest surviving examples of Federal-period wood graining in the state and as a statewide-significant decorative arts property.
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 97000474, listed May 23, 1997. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 0.35 mi. SW of jct. of NC 1605 and NC 1569, Enon |
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| County | Yadkin County |
| Listed | May 23, 1997 |
| Reference number | 97000474 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1820 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Art |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house is undergoing careful restoration after a period of lack of maintenance and is protected by a preservation covenant held by the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. |
| Acreage | 1.7 |
| Coordinates | 36.11894, -80.49953 (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 97000474.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20708771
- This listing as JSON
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