Dr. Arch Jordan House

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Dr. Arch Jordan House
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Dr. Arch Jordan House, March 2007
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Location7015 NC 57, Caldwell, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°11′06″N79°01′08″W / 36.18500°N 79.01889°W / 36.18500; -79.01889 Coordinates: 36°11′06″N79°01′08″W / 36.18500°N 79.01889°W / 36.18500; -79.01889
Area47.2 acres (19.1 ha)
Builtc. 1875 (1875), c. 1905
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 98000995 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 6, 1998

Dr. Arch Jordan House, also known as the manse for Little River Presbyterian Church, is a historic home located near Caldwell, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1875, and is a two-story, single pile, central hall plan, Italianate style frame dwelling. It features a central projecting gable, bracketed eaves, and a columned porch with a low hipped roof. Attached at the rear is an originally-separate two-story kitchen building. Also on the property are the contributing combination smokehouse/food storage shed, log and weatherboard tobacco barn, and 1+12-story main barn. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Dr. Jordan, a prominent physician. Across NC 57 Dr. Jordan built the Little River General Store and Pharmacy, circa 1870. He taught at the nearby Caldwell Institute, a residential secondary school during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Keith A. Zahniser (February 1998). "Dr. Arch Jordan House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.