{"nrhp_refnum":"05000321","name":"Rothstein, Mae and Philip, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"912 Williamson Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.80113763000003,"lon":-78.65143803699993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story single-family house at 912 Williamson Drive in the Hayes Barton neighborhood of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, designed by architect G. Milton Small Jr. and built in 1959 with Frank Walser as builder.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a prime example of the International Style and of the Miesian ideals Small learned as a student of Mies van der Rohe. It qualifies under Criterion C as the work of a master and as a distinctive example of the modernist period. It also meets Criteria Consideration G, being less than fifty years old but widely recognized as a significant and largely intact residential design.","narrative":"Set back on a sloping one-acre lot in Raleigh's Hayes Barton neighborhood, this 1959 house at 912 Williamson Drive contrasts with the traditional homes around it. Architect G. Milton Small Jr., a student of Mies van der Rohe, designed a long, low rectangle of eighty by twenty-seven feet, clad in grey tongue and groove wood with three-tiered window bays. It has a low-pitched gabled roof, a wraparound deck on steel-railed cantilevered joists, and brick piers that make it appear to float above the slope. Inside, a central living space flanked by a master suite and a guest suite features walnut paneling, custom walnut cabinetry and sloped ceilings. The house is considered a strong expression of Miesian principles: clear base, body and roof, exposed steel posts, and large windows joining indoors and outdoors. Small was a leading advocate of the International Style in North Carolina. A rear porch was added in 2001 following the original plans, and the house otherwise remains largely as built.","period_of_significance":"1959","architect_builder":"Architect: Small Jr., G. Milton; Builder: Walser, Frank","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. Condition described as excellent, except that the deck and joists are rotted and awaiting replacement in kind.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.708921-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7185/47718565/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000321/0eccac7910-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000321/0eccac7910-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mae_and_Philip_Rothstein_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mae_and_Philip_Rothstein_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000496","name":"Hayes Barton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/hayes-barton-historic-district-02000496/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718565","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_and_Philip_Rothstein_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016140"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/rothstein-mae-and-philip-house-05000321/"}