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I
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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