{"nrhp_refnum":"07001501","name":"Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Laurel Hill"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Includes portion of Country Club Rd., Laurel Hill Rd. & Ledge Ln., and all of Round Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chapel Hill","county":"Orange County","state":"NC","lat":35.906596951500035,"lon":-79.03768134349376,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase and additional documentation for the Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District, a residential subdivision in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, also known as Laurel Hill. It adds houses on Pine, Fern, Iris and Ledge Lanes and parts of Laurel Hill, Round Hill and Country Club Roads.","why_significant":"The increase brings in the intact post-World War II phase of a 1927 subdivision planned by William C. Coker and T. Felix Hickerson along City Beautiful road principles. It extends the period of significance to 1960 and documents houses of Colonial Revival, Cape Cod, Ranch, Contemporary and International styles. Several were designed by local architects, including the Webb brothers, George Matsumoto, George Watts Carr and William Van Sprinkle.","narrative":"Laid out in 1927 as Rocky Ridge Farm, this Chapel Hill neighborhood, known locally as Laurel Hill, was planned by botany professor William C. Coker and engineering professor T. Felix Hickerson with roads that follow the contours of the land. The boundary increase adds houses built mainly after 1940 on Laurel Hill Road and the small lanes branching from it, and extends the district's period of significance to 1960. The added homes include brick Colonial Revival houses, Cape Cods, Colonial-style Ranches, and Contemporary Ranches and Split-Levels. Local architects such as George Watts Carr, William Van Sprinkle and Jim Webb designed several of them. The 1954 Julian House on Ledge Lane, by George Matsumoto, is a landmark International Style design whose construction was delayed by a lawsuit over design covenants that reached the state Supreme Court. Many original owners were University of North Carolina faculty and coaches. Most additions to the houses are small, so the post-war phase remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1937-1960","architect_builder":"Sprinkle, William Van; Webb, James; Matsumoto, George; Carr, George Watts","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Modern Movement; International Style; Other: Ranch","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Houses are in continued residential use as single and multiple dwellings; the boundary increase houses are described as having a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.852697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7216/47721618/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07001501.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89001039","name":"Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/rocky-ridge-farm-historic-district-89001039/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721618","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/orange-county/rocky-ridge-farm-historic-district-boundary-increase-07001501/"}