{"nrhp_refnum":"07001502","name":"Apex Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly centered on Hunter, Center, Chatham, Cunningham, Holleman & Hughes Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Apex","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.73057326000006,"lon":-78.84688554660227,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Apex Historic District in Apex, Wake County, North Carolina, covering forty-three buildings (forty houses and three commercial buildings) on the northern, southern, eastern and western edges of the existing district. The buildings are mainly one-story houses built in the 1900s through 1950s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is locally significant for its early- and mid-twentieth-century residential architecture and development patterns, which reflect the shift from railroad-based to automobile-based growth in Apex. Its houses in Craftsman, Minimal Traditional and Ranch styles show changing national housing trends, and the three commercial buildings include automobile-related businesses.","narrative":"Forty-three buildings on the northern, southern, eastern and western edges of the Apex Historic District in Wake County, North Carolina, make up this boundary increase. Most are one-story houses built between about 1900 and 1959, with forty residential buildings and three commercial buildings. The houses include Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne houses, triple-A I-houses, Minimal Traditional cottages and Ranch houses, most with garages or carports added for automobiles. The area is significant for its record of how Apex grew from a railroad-based town into one organized around the car after World War II. Two of the three commercial buildings historically served automobiles, including a 1947 gas and auto service station at West Williams Street and South Salem Street. Many houses use asbestos shingle, Masonite, aluminum siding and concrete block, materials that were popular nationally in the period. Six of the forty-three buildings are non-contributing, and eight vacant lots are included in the boundary.","period_of_significance":"1900-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Craftsman bungalow, Queen Anne, I-house, Minimal Traditional, Ranch, Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house at 305 Center Street is occupied by family members; one commercial building houses a restaurant and another is a gas and auto service station; eight vacant lots are included in the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.273628-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7186/47718609/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07001502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001502/f2c8a74db4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001502/f2c8a74db4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Seth Ilys at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SI-ApexNCDowntown.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth Ilys at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SI-ApexNCDowntown.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718609","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apex_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4779425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/apex-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-07001502/"}