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]
Welsford Parker Artz House | |
 Welsford Parker Artz House, September 2013 | |
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| Location | 205 Maple St., Old Fort, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°37′54″N 82°10′45″W / 35.63167°N 82.17917°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 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 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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 2015-02-01.