{"nrhp_refnum":"06000338","name":"Maiden Lane Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2-20 Maiden Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78892106500007,"lon":-78.66286060799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential historic district of thirteen buildings on the single block of Maiden Lane, west of downtown Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built between about 1893 and 1923 near the NC State campus.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant in Community Planning and Development because its houses show how residential growth in West Raleigh followed the founding of the nearby college and Pullen Park and the extension of the streetcar line. It is also significant in Architecture for its houses showing the shift from Queen Anne to transitional Queen Anne-Colonial Revival styles. Twelve of the thirteen buildings contribute.","narrative":"Maiden Lane is a dead-end residential street running north from Hillsborough Street in West Raleigh, just north of North Carolina State University's bell tower. Its historic district covers about two and three-quarters acres and holds thirteen buildings, twelve of them contributing. Most are two-story frame houses with Queen Anne or Colonial Revival influences, along with several one-story cottages and three side-by-side duplexes with wraparound porches. The street was platted in 1892, the first platted area in what became the West Raleigh neighborhood. Its growth followed R. Stanhope Pullen's 1887 land gifts for the agricultural and mechanical college and Pullen Park, and the streetcar line along Hillsborough Street made the location practical. Professors, teachers, salesmen and business owners lived here, including the widow of Civil War general Daniel Harvey Hill. The period of significance runs from about 1893 to 1923. The only noncontributing building is a ca. 1914 house heavily altered around 1971.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1893-1923","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still residential; several houses have been converted from single-family homes to multiple-occupant dwellings, and one house is now a fraternity house with large additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.615408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7226/47722635/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000338.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722635","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_Lane_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6735383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/maiden-lane-historic-district-06000338/"}