{"nrhp_refnum":"04000605","name":"Chase-Coletta House","other_names":["Lillie Ray Chase House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"108 Town Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burnsville","county":"Yancey County","state":"NC","lat":35.91664706100005,"lon":-82.29879477399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story Craftsman bungalow with a ca. 1925 shed, at 108 Town Square in Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1914-1915 by a firm from Johnson City, Tennessee, whose architect is unnamed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an exceptional example of a Craftsman bungalow in Burnsville under Criterion C for architecture. It has a prominent gable roof, triangular purlin brackets, a sleeping porch, a wraparound porch and fine interior woodwork, and it keeps a high degree of integrity. It stands out from the plainer vernacular bungalows common in the county, and it is the only remaining private residence on the town square.","narrative":"Standing on the southeast corner of Burnsville's Town Square, between the county courthouse and the Nu-Wray Inn, this one-and-one-half story Craftsman bungalow was completed in 1915 for Lillie Ray Chase, a widow who returned to Burnsville with four children after her husband's death. She hired a firm from Johnson City, Tennessee, to design and build it, and the brick was brought from that city. A front gable roof, triangular purlin brackets, a wraparound porch with blocky paired posts and a screened sleeping porch mark its style. Inside, oak flooring, dark woodwork, built-in cabinetry and a grid-beamed dining room ceiling survive. A ca. 1925 shed that once housed the family's milk cow also remains. The house is the last private residence on the square, and its quality of design, workmanship and preservation set it apart from the plainer bungalows found elsewhere in Yancey County. Its architecture is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1914-15","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-dwelling residence; the shed is used for storage. The house is described as highly intact, with original weatherboards restored on the north and west sides in 2002.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.028254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7228/47722896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000605.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase-Coletta_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/yancey-county/chase-coletta-house-04000605/"}