{"nrhp_refnum":"01000341","name":"Frederick Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"515 N. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.23173656600005,"lon":-80.83934669199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Literature"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, thirty-six unit brick apartment house at 515 N. Church Street in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, built in 1927 for W. Fred Casey and constructed by J. A. Jones Construction Company.","why_significant":"The building is a fine example of a medium-sized 1920s apartment house with Italian Renaissance Revival influence, and its polychrome terra cotta facade is described as unmatched in Charlotte architecture of the period. It also reflects the city's 1920s population and apartment-building boom. From 1938 to 1941 it was the home of author W. J. Cash while he wrote The Mind of the South.","narrative":"Built in 1927 at 515 N. Church Street, this three-story brick apartment house holds thirty-six units arranged along a center hallway. Its buff brick facade is dressed with colored terra cotta tiles, a green tile pent roof, and an arched entry, giving it an Italian Renaissance Revival character that the nomination calls unmatched among Charlotte buildings of the 1920s. W. Fred Casey, a building-materials agent, commissioned the project during a period when Charlotte's population and apartment construction were growing rapidly. J. A. Jones Construction Company built it in about five months, and the company later took ownership after Casey could not repay his loans. The building is also tied to author W. J. Cash, who lived there from 1938 to 1941 while writing The Mind of the South. It was recognized for its architecture and for its literary association. The exterior and public spaces remain well preserved, and the apartments were being renovated as condominiums.","period_of_significance":"1927; 1938-1940","architect_builder":"J. A. Jones Construction Company","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Interior apartments were undergoing renovation and conversion to condominiums at the time of nomination; exterior and public spaces retain excellent integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.315694-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7213/47721322/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01000341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000341/fdaaf41884-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000341/fdaaf41884-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Apartments,_Charlotte_NC_2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Apartments,_Charlotte_NC_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721322","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Apartments_(Charlotte,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5497258"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/frederick-apartments-01000341/"}