{"nrhp_refnum":"01001113","name":"Sunnyside","other_names":["Whitley, R.B., House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 S. Selma Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wendell","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.77774855200005,"lon":-78.36243976999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sunnyside is a two-story brick house at 210 South Selma Road on the southern edge of Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina, built in 1917-18 for businessman Rayford Bryant Whitley and his family. It sits with original brick outbuildings and gate pillars.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house represents Rayford Bryant Whitley, a leading Wendell businessman who ran a cotton gin and tobacco warehouse, founded the Bank of Wendell, and helped grow the town into a market center. It also qualifies as a prominent local example of Craftsman and Colonial Revival domestic architecture.","narrative":"Sunnyside is a two-story brick house at 210 South Selma Road on the southern outskirts of Wendell, North Carolina. Built in 1917-18 for local businessman Rayford Bryant Whitley and his family, it blends Craftsman and Colonial Revival styles, with a slate-shingled hip roof, a front porch, two porte cocheres, patio terraces and a two-tier back porch. Behind the house are original brick outbuildings, including a smokehouse and a garage built for Whitley's Packard and Ford, along with brick gate pillars. Whitley operated Wendell's cotton gin and a tobacco warehouse, founded the Bank of Wendell, and helped turn a crossroads village into a market town after the railroad arrived. During the 1918 influenza epidemic the family lent the unfinished house as a hospital. The property was listed for Whitley's role in commerce and community development, and for its architecture. The period of significance runs from 1918 to his death in 1944. Surrounding fields have since become residential neighborhoods.","period_of_significance":"1918-1944","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Craftsman; Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as well preserved with very good integrity; the outbuildings are in good condition and mostly used for storage, and one outbuilding was made into an apartment in the 1950s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.53764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7186/47718651/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01001113.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001113/1270d2518c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001113/1270d2518c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nicholas Oren Rawlings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunnyside_(Wendell,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas Oren Rawlings</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:Sunnyside_(Wendell,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_(Wendell,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7640872"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/sunnyside-01001113/"}