{"nrhp_refnum":"06000724","name":"Grier, Sidney and Ethel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4747 Grier Farm Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.06226703400006,"lon":-80.76203350199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame bungalow farmhouse and a nearby wellhouse on a two-acre lot at 4747 Grier Farm Lane in southern Mecklenburg County, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Both were built in 1916 by carpenter Sam Fincher for Sidney and Ethel Grier.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is among the best preserved and most architecturally significant early-twentieth-century farmhouses left in southern Mecklenburg County. It combines Craftsman and Queen Anne elements and reflects the late arrival of popular architecture in the countryside and the county's short-lived cotton prosperity. The wellhouse is described as an excellent example of a now-rare rural building type.","narrative":"Built in 1916 for farmer Sidney Grier and his wife Ethel, this one-story frame bungalow sits on a two-acre lot in southern Mecklenburg County, once part of extensive Grier family farmland and now surrounded by suburban subdivisions. Carpenter Sam Fincher built the house with a high hipped roof, a recessed wraparound porch on tapered half-posts and tall brick piers, and three-over-two windows. Victorian-era touches include a three-sided bay and a fluted door surround with bull's-eye blocks. Inside, the original pine floors, plaster walls, beaded-board ceilings and two classical mantelpieces survive. A contemporary wellhouse with cedar-trunk posts also remains. A 1997 county survey found only five bungalow farmhouses among 219 significant rural properties built before 1950, and this one is notable for blending Craftsman and Queen Anne elements. It was recognized locally for its architecture and for conveying the area's rural past. A rear addition was built in 2003.","period_of_significance":"1916","architect_builder":"Fincher, Sam, builder/carpenter","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in very good condition with a high degree of integrity; a rear addition was built in 2003. Current function is single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.155316-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/7182/47718221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000724.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000724/5754a099e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000724/5754a099e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Dclemens1971","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidney_and_Ethel_Grier_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dclemens1971</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidney_and_Ethel_Grier_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718221","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_and_Ethel_Grier_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/grier-sidney-and-ethel-house-06000724/"}