{"nrhp_refnum":"00000488","name":"East Raleigh Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"300-400 blks. of E. Second St., and 300-600 blks of E. Raleigh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Siler City","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.72518055000006,"lon":-79.45871933199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about a third of a mile along East Raleigh Street and parts of East Second Street, roughly half a mile east of downtown Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It holds houses and outbuildings built mostly between about 1895 and about 1950.","why_significant":"The district is significant for community planning and development and for architecture. It is described as one of the best preserved early suburban neighborhoods in Siler City, developed gradually as the town's doctors, attorneys and businessmen built houses. Its houses show a succession of popular styles including Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival.","narrative":"East Raleigh Street and part of East Second Street form a quiet residential neighborhood about half a mile east of downtown Siler City. Its large, landscaped lots hold 26 primary buildings, nearly all single-family houses, with garages, sheds and other outbuildings. Development began after the railway arrived in the 1880s, when the town's doctors, attorneys and businessmen built stylish homes outside the commercial center. The houses date mainly from about 1895 to about 1950 and illustrate changing tastes: Queen Anne and Gothic Revival houses, Colonial Revival and Dutch Colonial Revival homes, Tudor Revival, and Craftsman bungalows, including several precut Sears, Roebuck houses shipped by rail. The 1903 Gregson-Hadley House, built by William H. Tippet, was the town's first brick residence. The neighborhood was not planned but grew gradually, and it is regarded as one of Siler City's best preserved early suburbs. Only a few later ranch houses are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Tippet (builder, Gregson-Hadley House); J. W. Turner (builder, Ned B. Bray House)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Ranch","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district retains a harmonious setting of early twentieth-century houses and landscaped yards; 39 contributing and 7 noncontributing resources are counted. Most houses remain single-family dwellings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.622111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7195/47719563/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00000488.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719563","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Raleigh_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18169367"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/east-raleigh-street-historic-district-00000488/"}