Jordan, Dr. Arch, House

7015 NC 57, Caldwell, North Carolina. County/parish: Orange.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 06, 1998. NRIS 98000995.

4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Manse Little River Presbyterian Church
  • OR931

From Wikipedia:

Dr. Arch Jordan House

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.

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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721656