{"nrhp_refnum":"03001300","name":"West Raleigh Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Mayview Rd., Enterprise St., Hillsbourgh St. and Faircloth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.79620062800004,"lon":-78.67339747790143,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district of about 332 acres in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, roughly one and a half miles west-northwest of the state capitol. It combines several subdivisions platted in the first half of the twentieth century, mostly built between the 1930s and 1950s.","why_significant":"The form describes a cohesive early-to-mid twentieth-century suburb made up of several separately platted neighborhoods, with a wide range of house types and styles. It also reflects City Beautiful influences in its small parks and plantings, and its close ties to North Carolina State University. The period of significance ends in 1956. Criteria and detailed significance text are not included in the excerpt.","narrative":"West Raleigh Historic District covers roughly 332 acres west-northwest of downtown Raleigh and the state capitol. It brings together several neighborhoods platted between about 1915 and 1938, including Bedford Heights, Bagwell, Wilmont, Fairmont and Forest Hills. Most of the 1,157 contributing buildings are houses, and most are one story. About two-thirds of the principal buildings date from the 1930s to 1956, with Minimal Traditional houses among the most common types. Bungalows, Colonial Revival homes, Period Cottages, Ranch houses and brick apartment buildings built for students and faculty at North Carolina State University also appear. Commercial and light industrial buildings, including Moderne examples and a post office, line Hillsborough Street. Small parks and a rose garden at the Raleigh Little Theatre reflect City Beautiful planning and the horticultural interests of university residents. Two individually listed properties stand within the boundaries: an 1886 agricultural experiment station cottage and a 1966 Modernist office building. Resources built after 1956 are mostly noncontributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Minimal Traditional, Bungalow/Craftsman, Ranch, Colonial Revival, Period Cottage, Queen Anne, Cape Cod, Commercial Style, Moderne, Modernist","criteria":[],"status_note":"Nearly all land is in single-family residential use mixed with multi-family housing, a few churches, a school, a post office and commercial development along Hillsborough Street.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.933508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7225/47722551/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03001300.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001300/1a1bf49b2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001300/1a1bf49b2b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aigrette","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Raleigh_Historic.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Aigrette</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:West_Raleigh_Historic.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722551","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Raleigh_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7986316"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/west-raleigh-historic-district-03001300/"}