{"nrhp_refnum":"05000376","name":"Capitol, The","other_names":["The Capitol Department Store"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"126 Hay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.055151403000025,"lon":-78.87885523199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Capitol is a large two-story brick department store with a deep rear section extending to Old Street on Hay Street in downtown Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built up through phased expansions from 1921 to 1955.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the most significant historic department store in Fayetteville and one of the most significant in southeast North Carolina, chiefly for its 1955 Modernist storefront of marble and mosaic with a large convex window. It also cites the 1949 interior and rear addition, and the store's role as the principal shopping destination in the downtown commercial district from 1949 to 1955.","narrative":"Located on Hay Street in downtown Fayetteville, the Capitol is a two-story brick department store that grew from a small store acquired in 1921 into a building of about 50,000 square feet by 1955. The Stein family developed it through purchases of neighboring buildings, a rear addition of 1949 that extended the store to Old Street, and a new storefront in 1955. That storefront is a mid-century Modernist design with marble facing, a recessed foyer on marble columns, a curved window of twelve sheets of glass, and yellow mosaic tile flecked with gold leaf. The 1949 interior has an open sales floor under steel beams, a mezzanine reached by two wooden and glass stairways, and a luncheonette called the Bird Cage. The store was the principal shopping destination in downtown Fayetteville through the 1980s, and the building is valued for its architecture and its commercial history. It closed in 1990.","period_of_significance":"1949-1955","architect_builder":"Herman C. Litwack (architect); Peter Copeland Associates (architect); Edward Loewenstein (architect); E. W. Reinecke (contractor)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mothballed since 1995 after the store closed in 1990; water damage from a leaking roof removed flooring and fixtures.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.700302-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7198/47719818/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000376.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000376/be0fcaea90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000376/be0fcaea90-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Epicjeff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Capitol_in_Fayetteville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicjeff</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:The_Capitol_in_Fayetteville.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000779","name":"Fayetteville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fayetteville-downtown-historic-district-99000779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719818","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Capitol_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/capitol-the-05000376/"}