John Stigerwalt House is a historic home located near Bostian Heights,

Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina. It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size w ...

. It was built in 1811, and is a two-story, brick dwelling associated with the German settlement of piedmont North Carolina. It features bold diamond-pattern brickwork and a handsome clock/sundial on the front elevation. Also on the property are the contributing frame

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke Smoke is a suspension of airborne particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with t ...

, frame corn crib, (c. 1920), and the remains of a granite well base. It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1811 Houses in Rowan County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rowan County, North Carolina {{RowanCountyNC-NRHP-stub