{"nrhp_refnum":"07000818","name":"Peeler, Harvey Jeremiah, House","other_names":["Lady's Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 S. Ridge Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kannapolis","county":"Cabarrus County","state":"NC","lat":35.49743734300006,"lon":-80.62315716599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story solid brick house at 101 South Ridge Avenue in the textile mill village of Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, built in 1923 with a matching brick garage. Local builder Leonard O. Readling constructed it for Harvey Jeremiah Peeler.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an excellent local example of combined Craftsman and Colonial Revival design, with a wraparound porch and projecting sunroom. It is one of few homes in Kannapolis not built by Cannon Mills, and brick houses were rare in the village. Its size, central location and craftsmanship made it a landmark symbolizing the prosperity of a company town.","narrative":"Built in 1923 at 101 South Ridge Avenue, this two-story brick house sits near the center of Kannapolis, a mill village founded by James William Cannon. Harvey Jeremiah Peeler, a school superintendent and local businessman, had it built for his family of eight children. Local builder Leonard O. Readling constructed it; the architect is unknown. The house combines Colonial Revival massing and symmetry with Craftsman features such as a brick-balustraded wraparound porch, a projecting sunroom, a square-post staircase and corbelled brick fireplaces. Most Kannapolis homes were frame houses built by Cannon Mills, so a brick house with a matching garage and early indoor plumbing was unusual. After Peeler died in 1929, the family boarded teachers and workers, and from 1950 Lady's Funeral Home leased the property for eighteen years. Later changes included 1970s apartment conversions, some of which have been reversed. It was listed for its local architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1923","architect_builder":"Readling, Leonard O., Builder.","architectural_style":"Craftsman/bungalow; Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as work in progress; the sunroom has recently been restored and some 1970s alterations have been removed. A funeral home occupied the house from 1950 for eighteen years.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.69772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7193/47719327/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000818.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000818/e01483929a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000818/e01483929a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RoxylovesHistory","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_Jeremiah_Peeler_House_(101_S._Ridge_Ave.)_side_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RoxylovesHistory</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_Jeremiah_Peeler_House_(101_S._Ridge_Ave.)_side_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Jeremiah_Peeler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18155804"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/peeler-harvey-jeremiah-house-07000818/"}