Dr. Arch Jordan House Explained

Dr. Arch Jordan House
Location:7015 NC 57, Caldwell, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.185°N -79.0189°W
Built:c., c. 1905
Architecture:Italianate
Added:August 6, 1998
Refnum:98000995

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 -story main barn.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keith A. Zahniser. Dr. Arch Jordan House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 1998 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.