{"nrhp_refnum":"02000497","name":"Bloomsbury Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fairview Rd., St. Mary's St., Byrd St., Sunset Dr. and Whitaker Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.80905182700005,"lon":-78.64695465499331,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district northwest of downtown Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, near the Five Points intersection. It was platted around 1914 and mostly built from the 1910s to about 1950, and holds 531 resources, 439 of them contributing.","why_significant":"The district is notable for the variety of its early 1920s architecture, especially Craftsman bungalows, Foursquares, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival houses, often combined in custom ways. It also shows a more varied population and housing mix than neighboring Hayes Barton, including many duplexes. The district retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Bloomsbury is a residential neighborhood northwest of downtown Raleigh, one of five historic neighborhoods around the Five Points intersection. Development began around 1914, accelerated in the early 1920s along Fairview Road and Glenwood Avenue, slowed during the Depression, and was largely complete by about 1950. The district contains 531 resources, of which 439 contribute to its character, including houses, garages, a church and a cluster of commercial buildings at Five Points. Its architecture is notable for variety: Craftsman bungalows, Foursquares, simple frame Colonial Revival houses, Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival designs, several built of local granite from a nearby quarry. Custom-built houses stand beside mail-order designs, such as a Sears, Roebuck house on White Oak Road. Duplexes were more common than in neighboring Hayes Barton and housed a wider range of incomes. The neighborhood keeps a high degree of integrity, with few modern intrusions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractors James (J.A.) Davidson noted for some houses; otherwise mostly unnamed","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman; Tudor Revival; Spanish Colonial Revival; Colonial Revival; Minimal Traditional; Ranch","criteria":[],"status_note":"Predominantly single-family residential with some duplexes, one church and a small group of commercial buildings; described as retaining a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.740684-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7186/47718613/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000497.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718613","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsbury_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4928386"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/bloomsbury-historic-district-02000497/"}