{"nrhp_refnum":"06001108","name":"Orr, Charles E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"269 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brevard","county":"Transylvania County","state":"NC","lat":35.231898794000074,"lon":-82.72940088499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Tudor Revival granite house built in 1926 for Charles E. Orr at the corner of East Main and Franklin streets in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, with a contemporary stone cottage and a mid-1940s garage on the lot.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a good local example of the Tudor Revival style and part of an important group of stone buildings erected in Transylvania County between 1915 and 1943. The stonework is attributed to the Wright brothers, local masons, using granite from the same quarry as St. Philip's Episcopal Church across the street. It meets Criterion C at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1926 for Charles Edmund Orr, a Brevard postmaster and county roads commissioner, this two-story Tudor Revival house sits on a prominent corner lot where East Main Street shifts from downtown businesses to a residential neighborhood. Its walls are rock-faced gray granite from the Cove Mill quarry, the same source as St. Philip's Episcopal Church across the street. The roof combines hip and clipped gable forms and slopes low over a one-story sunroom. A stone cottage, originally planned as a garage and built for the Orrs' married daughter, stands beside it. The stonework is attributed to the Wright brothers, local masons who worked on the church at the same time. The house is considered a good local example of Tudor Revival design and part of a notable group of stone buildings that set Transylvania County apart for twentieth-century masonry. Later changes include a 1980s solarium and an enlarged kitchen.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"Unknown (stonework attributed to the Wright brothers, stonemasons)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-family dwelling; the current owners are undertaking a certified rehabilitation and the kitchen is being remodeled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.903527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7184/47718495/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06001108.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001108/bbc20f5183-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001108/bbc20f5183-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Skye Marthaler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_E._Orr_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Skye Marthaler</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:Charles_E._Orr_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000638","name":"East Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/east-main-street-historic-district-09000638/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718495","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Orr_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/transylvania-county/orr-charles-e-house-06001108/"}