{"nrhp_refnum":"07000902","name":"Boylan Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"817 Hillsborough St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78274248100007,"lon":-78.65109453399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-09-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building brick garden-style apartment complex at 817 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built in 1935 and designed by Linthicum and Linthicum with T.A. Loving as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Raleigh's earliest garden-style apartment complex and a well-executed, intact local example of a 1930s garden apartment complex (Criterion C). It is also significant under Criterion A for community planning and development and social history, as an early project funded by a Public Works Administration loan to a private limited-dividend corporation to build housing for white-collar workers.","narrative":"Three three-story brick buildings arranged in a U around a grassy courtyard make up this apartment complex on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, completed in 1935. Designed by the firm Linthicum and Linthicum and built by T.A. Loving, it has Colonial Revival details such as pedimented end bays, Federal-style entrances and dentil molding. Each building holds eighteen one- and two-bedroom units, and original metal casement windows survive. The project was led by local businessman Rufus Boylan through the Boylan Housing Corporation, which received a Public Works Administration loan of $198,600 for fifty-four units aimed at white-collar workers. Getting the loan involved local opposition, a state law change and federal delays lasting about three years. The plan followed Garden City principles, with shared open space, preserved oaks and windows for light in every room. It is regarded as Raleigh's earliest garden-style apartment complex and remains largely intact, with changes limited mainly to updated kitchens and bathrooms.","period_of_significance":"1935","architect_builder":"Linthicum, and Linthicum, architects; Loving, T.A., builder","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Revival/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and still in multiple-dwelling use, with original metal windows and interior layouts largely intact; owners plan a large renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.921015-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7225/47722556/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000902.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000902/b65e719c74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000902/b65e719c74-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boylan_Apartments.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boylan_Apartments.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001380","name":"Oakwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/oakwood-historic-district-74001380/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722556","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boylan_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20203023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/boylan-apartments-07000902/"}