{"nrhp_refnum":"02001718","name":"Alexander, William T., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mallard Cr. Church Rd., .1 mi W. of Jct. with US 29","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.32316670400007,"lon":-80.73464747399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-01-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, brick plantation house built probably between 1820 and 1830 on Mallard Creek Church Road in north Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on a 4.67-acre tract with four non-contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is among the finest antebellum plantation houses in Mecklenburg County under Criterion C for architecture. Its side-gable form and restrained mix of Federal and Georgian features typify the finer plantation seats of the early nineteenth century. It is one of the county's oldest surviving houses and its earliest example of brick construction.","narrative":"Built probably between 1820 and 1830, this two-story brick house on Mallard Creek Church Road in north Charlotte was the seat of William T. Alexander's plantation. By 1860 Alexander held 972 acres and used the labor of thirty-three enslaved people to produce wheat, corn and cotton. The house is nearly square, with Flemish-bond brick walls on a cut granite foundation, a side-gable roof, and Federal-style wooden cornices with rope molding and scalloped pendants. Inside, original features include Georgian cornices, six-panel doors, and an open-string staircase with mahogany brackets. The Alexander family farmed the land until 1953 and kept the house until 2000. Surrounding suburban development has replaced most of the estate, and no outbuildings from the plantation era survive. The remaining 4.67-acre tract includes a ruined 1928 dairy barn and several 1930s-1940s outbuildings. The house was listed for its architecture, as a rare surviving antebellum home in the county.","period_of_significance":"1820-1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission; plans were in progress to convert the house to professional offices. Current function listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.582697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7182/47718227/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02001718.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Alexander_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/alexander-william-t-house-02001718/"}