{"nrhp_refnum":"09000382","name":"Wendell Boulevard Historic District","other_names":["East Wilson Avenue"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Wendell Blvd., Mattox St., Old Zebulon Rd., Buffalo St. and Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wendell","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.786438075000035,"lon":-78.36830887560458,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of roughly three to six blocks along Wendell Boulevard and adjacent streets in Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina, containing fifty-nine primary resources. It lies just north of the Wendell Commercial Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district holds the densest and most intact concentration of historic residential resources in Wendell, with a progression of houses in Queen Anne, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Period Cottage, Minimal Traditional and Ranch styles built from about 1890 to 1958. It is tied to the town's growth as a tobacco market and railroad town, and to the merchant class who lived there.","narrative":"Along Wendell Boulevard and the streets that meet it in the small tobacco town of Wendell, a cluster of fifty-nine primary resources built between about 1890 and 1958 forms a residential district of uniform setbacks, generous front yards and mature oaks. The houses reflect the prosperity of Wendell's tobacco economy, which grew after the Granville Wilt drove farm families into eastern Wake County around 1900 and after the town's incorporation in 1903. Residents included warehouse owners, brokers, bankers and others whose livelihoods depended on the crop, and the district was their preferred neighborhood. Its houses range from modest one-story cottages to large dwellings, including the Mallie Asa Griffin House, a Queen Anne residence with a double-height wraparound porch, and the Mallie Curtis Todd House, described as the county's only example of the aeroplane bungalow. The district is regarded as locally significant for its collection of Wake County house types and styles.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1890 - 1958","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Period Cottage, Minimal Traditional, Ranch","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.679891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/7185/47718575/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000382.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000382/ebcbc98a76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000382/ebcbc98a76-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nicholas Oren Rawlings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Wendell_Boulevard.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas Oren Rawlings</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Wendell_Boulevard.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718575","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Boulevard_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/wendell-boulevard-historic-district-09000382/"}