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Dr. Arch Jordan House

Coordinates: 36°11′06″N 79°01′08″W / 36.18500°N 79.01889°W / 36.18500; -79.01889
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Dr. Arch Jordan House
Dr. Arch Jordan House, March 2007
Dr. Arch Jordan House is located in North Carolina
Dr. Arch Jordan House
Dr. Arch Jordan House is located in the United States
Dr. Arch Jordan House
Location7015 NC 57, Caldwell, North Carolina
Coordinates36°11′06″N 79°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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.