Welsford Parker Artz House

Welsford Parker Artz House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Welsford Parker Artz House, September 2013
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Location	205 Maple St., Old Fort, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°37′54″N82°10′45″W / 35.63167°N 82.17917°W / 35.63167; -82.17917
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1904 (1904)-1906
Built by	Keeter, Merrimon
Architect	Lindsey, Frank J.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	90001311 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1990

Welsford Parker Artz House, also known as Catawba Hill and Artz House, is a historic home located near Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1904 and 1906, and is 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style design elements. A small, one-story, gabled ell was added between 1912 and 1928. The house is sheathed in weatherboard and a moderately pitched, asphalt shingled roof with a dominant front gable and one-story wraparound front porch. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Mary Jean Hooper (May 1990). "Welsford Parker Artz House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.