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OR THEMATIC NOMINATION

HISTORIC

Daltonia (John H Dalton Hau ) ~~.--.---~~~~---~~~~-~~--~------~.----~-

COM~\l1ON

STREU NUM [lER

CITY, lOWN

SlATE

_DISTRICT

STRUCTURE

_SITE

__ OBJCCT

NAME

STREET

Rt. 2

COURTHOUSE.

NAME / TITLE

__ PUBLIC

l{PRIVA TE

BOTH

U U

__ 'N PROCESS

ISITI N

BEING CONSIOFRED

Archive

Raleigh

Thompson K. Conrad

_NOT FOR PUBLICATION

VICINITY OF Houstonville CODE

037

AOCCUPIEO

_UNOCCUPIED

. __ WORI< IN PROGRESS

XYES RESTRICTED

YES UNFlfSfRICHD

_NO

and Plann Branch

NT U __ AGR!CUl TURF

_COMMERCIAL _PARK

_EDUCATIONAL RESIDENCE

_ENTEFHAINMENT __ RELIGIOUS

_GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

INDUSTRiAl

_MILITARY

__ THAN:;POR TAllON

_OTHER

th Carolina

DATE

1980

STATE

North Carolina

~GOOD

_FA.IR

One of the John Dalton

_UNEXPOSED

.AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL

architectural In 18 I

build

built for the nor t corne of

of the ell are lined with a two-s cons t of two

ior the Greek

ature \<!ith the 1 effect reflect

The pierced avmwork tern and demonstrate local craftsman ve post up ie of ial semi-circular

Is in tern iron work of the period. The balustrade acros the front of the portico feature of whe t te wh profile ~mltate a turned balustrade. The lunette in the for its re surround with Greek influenced floral molded perimeter

Other detail of intere t on the to the pIa exterior id delicately fluted. Between the pilasters are diamond panes dem} the cente and small rec frosted with the diamond paneled base. the the corne corne of cend

The covered by a louvered which incorporates the interior stop for the jo the mullion and t of a ad a backband molded with an

Each The

have flat balusters whose interesting

the corne particular

and heavily

ters

The elaborate uppe Ie windows the details of the omitt the pilasters and subs itut 6/9 aRh window for the doors

The interior details at basically in the are treated with decorative marbl the rooms from the halls have fixed transoms with 1

The mantels range from Dori fluted columns support refle ting the influence of Asher are consistently square brick pavers.

door'

architrave and shelf to of the Greek

(1830) The hearths

Form No 1 O~300a (Hev 10 74)

UNITLD STATLS OI~PARTMLNl 01 I ilL INTLI{IOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Daltonia (John H Dalton House)

COy tAn NUAli N ITEM NUM H

Descr ion (Cont'd) ---~--

11 County

7 PAGE 2

The staircase is Federal in turned newel is with a

lende , graceful lines. The slender volute formed on the end of the round

rail which curves gracefully top of the s The balusters ,are lender rec sections rest three per tread above the open str Below

each tread is imple scrolled bracket

Several outbuildings and other structure are found on the Daltonia property. To the left (west) of the house one-and-one-half house with V-notched joints and exterior B r brick ch with fieldstone base. Accor( ing to Amelia Kennedy Thompson, where John Dalton (he father) and his fe lived before the house was constructed Or inal cated at the head of the drive but was moved to its present location when was built.

To the right (east) of the house is another one-and-one-half B log structure with half-dovctai join and part ly 1 ick end ch with f ldstone base According to Hr lumber

on this was used a loom house and place to tore dried

Southwest of Da1tonia and aeros SR 211 from it is a two-story three-bay wide frame house (vacant) with Ie roof 6/6 windows and 1 front door slight Ch at either end of the house have disappeared house is believed by l1rs Thompson to have been the home of a Dalton member

Directly acros SR 2115 from the house an interest one-s stone build n

ing with gable roof and door on the end fae the road. According to Mrs this small mid-nineteenth cen tructure was used to ason tobacco and was a of Dalton's tobacco the main build of which stood next to this To the south and east of the tone build are two twentieth barns with 1 roofs.

Behind Daltonia are a frame garage sheds barns and other farm build which appear to date from the twent th century and which are sociated with th~ continued farm use of this property

Daltonia is ituated ~n the center of a 1 lawn. with numerous tree the house and outbuild open roll farmlands th woodlands

NATlui\IAL

PERIOD

_PREHISTORIC ---".RCHEOLUGY·PAEHISTOAIC _COMMUNITY

-.ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC

_COMMUNICA TlONS

_CONSERVA TlON

__ ECONOMICS

_EDUCATION

_'NDUSTRY

__ ,INVENTION

__ lJd41'~U;P\-Mr-!: ARCHITECTURE _RELIGION

_MILITARY

_MUSIC

~~PHILQSOPHY

_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

~SOCIAUHUMANITAAIAN

_OTHER (SPECIFY)

BUI LDER/ ARCH fTEeT

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

CRITERIA ASSESSMENT

A

B. John Hunter Dalton, turer Iredell role in the deve

c Daltonia is one Iredell County· Greek front

ichne

ion of owner John Hunter Dalton

iod of the

the

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Aeros the road from Daltonia ason the tobacco

was manufacturing 50 000 Thil:1

The r 13 1875,

ton built 1 house which till

befitt

two-s tands

plug tobacco with the only fou small

of the Landmark (State lIe)

A th of

We were glad to I last week from Mr. John Dalton grower this 1 the manu tu f informs us that the tobacco in this se ion is the been grown there Tlle i and age has past year and it condition is excellent. On raised about 15 000 will this ye be gro\>ffi

t<1h rep laced Dalton'

tature in the

lding used for In 1860 Dalton

men and thirteen women the at that

note

tobacco Dalton has ever

ove any heretofore

John Dalton died in 1888 8 but Daltonia has.. his descendents to the The vlel rved and little a1 tered house that Dalton built is nOvl owned his great-granddaughters Dr Arne 1 Thompson and Mrs Cecelia Conrad

compiled (State The ion Bicentennial Commission, 1976) p. 36; Homer H. Keever

Ire (Iredell County B 1 ion ) pp. 91.

2Keever, pp 120-121

ACREAGE OF NOMINATED "nrH""'fi"'J_. __ 5_7 ___ ~_ UTM REFERENCES

All of Tract 4, Block A 17G Ie Mil

The prope being nominated include the surrounding farm and woodlands \<1hich are 9):1 c e hug e est ate.

Tovrnsh as outlined in red on map.

outbuild and other structures and 1 that remain intact with the house of John Dalton':

OOA (11/78)

UNITED STAlES DEPARTMENl OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION AJ\JD RECREATION

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pp 120-1 1

p

4 p 36

A W Phi11 tele 1979

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7Ibid P 267

p 61

ITEM NUM

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