{"nrhp_refnum":"08000381","name":"Alexander, Neal Somers, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5014 N. Sharon Amity Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.227071555000066,"lon":-80.74704782999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story frame Queen Anne farmhouse built in 1903 on a four-acre lot at 5014 North Sharon Amity Road, about five miles east of downtown Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was the seat of a 1,000-acre cotton farm.","why_significant":"The house is an especially imposing and well-preserved example of Queen Anne architecture blended with classical elements, which is now rare in rural Mecklenburg County. Only ten two-story Queen Anne houses were identified in the county's 1990 survey, and few survive. It also reflects the prosperity of a leading cotton farmer in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Built in 1903 for farmer Neal Somers Alexander, this two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne house once anchored a cotton farm of about 1,000 acres east of Charlotte. Suburban roads and development now surround the four-acre lot, though oak trees and woodland still frame the house. Its asymmetrical form, corner tower with conical roof, patterned slate roof with metal cresting, and wraparound porch show Queen Anne design tempered by classical details. Inside, the house retains nine mantels, pine floors, plaster walls, paneled doors, and an elaborate staircase. The builder and architect are unknown, though the interior resembles that of the 1904 John Price Carr House in Charlotte. It was listed for architecture because few early twentieth-century Queen Anne farmhouses survive in rural Mecklenburg County, and this one is remarkably intact. The Alexander family held it until 2006. A mid-twentieth-century barn and pump house remain on the grounds but date from later.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress; windows are boarded over, some weatherboards are being replaced, and the barn and pump house are deteriorated. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission bought the property in 2006.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.888842-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7182/47718233/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08000381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000381/2cfedbfd73-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000381/2cfedbfd73-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RoxylovesHistory","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neal_Somers_Alexander_Home.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:Neal_Somers_Alexander_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718233","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Somers_Alexander_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460154"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/alexander-neal-somers-house-08000381/"}