{"nrhp_refnum":"00001570","name":"Mordecai Place Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"208 Delway St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.79108297500005,"lon":-78.63513927699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, brick-veneered Colonial Revival house at 208 Delway Street in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built about 1925. It was added to the southwest edge of the existing Mordecai Place Historic District.","why_significant":"The house was accidentally left out of the original 1998 district listing, yet it belongs to the Mordecai Place neighborhood visually and historically. It reflects the early twentieth-century suburban growth of Raleigh on land once part of the Mordecai Plantation. It is tied to a businessman, George Little, a Southern Railway vice-president, which is typical of the district.","narrative":"Built around 1925, this two-story brick-veneered Colonial Revival house at 208 Delway Street in Raleigh was added to the Mordecai Place Historic District after being overlooked in the original 1998 listing. It has a slate gable roof, boxed cornices with returns, two interior end chimneys, and a gabled front porch with Tuscan columns sheltering a six-panel door with sidelights. A tiled porch deck extends across the front as a terrace. The land came from the Mordecai Plantation portion inherited by Martha (Patsy) Mordecai, who sold much of it for suburban development. George Little, first vice-president of Southern Railway, bought the lot in 1924 and built the house soon after; his widow lived there until 1970. Its period revival styling resembles the larger houses on the adjacent Denson parcel, while its modest size matches the Allen-developed dwellings. It contributes to the district's story of early twentieth-century suburban growth and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1925","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling, as in its historic use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.501996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7225/47722549/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00001570.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001380","name":"Oakwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/oakwood-historic-district-74001380/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Place_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17022694"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/mordecai-place-historic-district-boundary-increase-00001570/"}