{"nrhp_refnum":"03000930","name":"Green, Herman, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1371, 0.4 N of NC 1375 (5500 Lake Wheeler Rd.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.709563729000024,"lon":-78.68905420299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, Colonial Revival-style frame farmhouse at 5500 Lake Wheeler Road in southern Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built around 1911 for local farmer Herman P. Green.","why_significant":"The house is judged an excellent example of the Colonial Revival style in rural Wake County under Criterion C for architecture. It keeps a high degree of integrity in its slate roof, Doric-columned wraparound porch, and original interior features. It also remains as a reminder of the area's farming past amid new subdivisions.","narrative":"Built around 1911 for farmer Herman P. Green, this two-story frame house on Lake Wheeler Road in southern Raleigh is a well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style as adapted to rural Wake County. It has a hipped slate roof, a three-bay facade, a central entrance with transom and sidelights, and a one-story wraparound porch with Doric columns. Inside, a center-hall plan holds pocket doors, elaborate mantels, reeded newel posts, and two staircases. Green, who lived his whole life in the county, bought the land at auction in 1909, and his family held the house until 1986. Although modern subdivisions now surround it, the house retains its original character and has been carefully rehabilitated. Its significance rests on architecture: it shows how a simple, symmetrical Colonial Revival design was used for a farmhouse, and it recalls a time when Lake Wheeler Road was a country road in Swift Creek Township.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1911","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In excellent condition and recently rehabilitated; still used as a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.600345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7185/47718529/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000930.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000930/5734c1466c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000930/5734c1466c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Pithon314","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herman_Green_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pithon314</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herman_Green_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718529","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Green_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708980"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/green-herman-house-03000930/"}