{"nrhp_refnum":"05000452","name":"McCanless, Walter, House","other_names":["Hedrick House","Donaldson House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Confederate Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.68332189700004,"lon":-80.46877913899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italian Renaissance Revival brick residence at 200 Confederate Avenue in the Club Development subdivision of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, with a two-story garage and an in-ground swimming pool on its grounds. It was built in 1927-1929 for Walter Franklin McCanless.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is Rowan County's finest Italian Renaissance Revival house and is remarkably intact in its design, materials and interior finishes. It is said to be an example of an affluent 1920s suburban residence beside the Country Club of Salisbury's golf course. The stated significance rests on its architecture rather than on events or persons.","narrative":"Built between 1927 and 1929 on a 1.75-acre lot at 200 Confederate Avenue in Salisbury, this buff brick house has two stories, a hipped roof of green glazed Ludowici tiles and a U-shaped plan. Its front terrace is edged with a stone balustrade, and its flanking pavilions carry stone Venetian details. The interior keeps much of its original fabric, including coffered plaster ceilings, parquet entry flooring, carved wood casings, four carved Carrara marble mantels and extensive ceramic tile work in the bathrooms, kitchen and basement. Walter Franklin McCanless, a local textile mill developer and son of builder Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless, commissioned the house. The architects were Benton and Benton of Wilson, North Carolina. The house is valued for its architecture: it is described as the finest Italian Renaissance Revival house in Rowan County and as unusually well preserved for the 1920s.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Benton and Benton of Wilson, NC (architects)","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The main residence is largely intact, with the rear patio enclosed and the garage roof tiles replaced with asphalt shingles; the swimming pool is deteriorated but unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.757336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7220/47722060/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000452/2fd71523fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000452/2fd71523fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ncpappy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McCanless_House,_Confederate_Ave,_Salisbury_NC.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ncpappy</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:McCanless_House,_Confederate_Ave,_Salisbury_NC.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722060","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McCanless_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/mccanless-walter-house-05000452/"}