{"nrhp_refnum":"10000632","name":"Madonna Acres Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Delany Dr, Dillon, Summerville, and Tierney Crcls","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.79307258850005,"lon":-78.61449606647679,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential subdivision of forty houses on Delany Drive and three cul-de-sacs in east Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, adjoining the St. Augustine's College campus, platted in 1960.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the subdivision was the earliest residential subdivision in Raleigh built by African Americans for African Americans, developed by John W. Winters during the Jim Crow era. It also contends the well-preserved Ranch and Split Level houses of modern design are a rare grouping in Raleigh's mid-twentieth-century subdivision architecture.","narrative":"Madonna Acres is a subdivision of forty houses laid out on Delany Drive and three short cul-de-sacs in east Raleigh, adjoining the St. Augustine's College campus. Platted in 1960 by developer John W. Winters on land once part of Bishop Henry Beard Delany's homeplace, it was built mostly between 1960 and 1965. Its brick Ranch and Split Level houses, many with picture windows, stone accents, integral carports and floor plans stepped into sloping lots, form a well-preserved group of modern residential design. The subdivision is regarded as the earliest in Raleigh developed by African Americans for African American homeowners, a notable achievement under segregation. Many original residents were educators, and a large share of the houses remain in the families of their first owners.","period_of_significance":"1960-1965","architect_builder":"Winters, John (builder); Miller, Jerry (architect); Richards, E. N. (Ed) (builder)","architectural_style":"Ranch; Split Level; Contemporary","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The houses retain high integrity, with at least twelve still occupied by an original owner and most others by descendants of original owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:54.362745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7186/47718641/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10000632.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718641","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Acres_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25247598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/madonna-acres-historic-district-10000632/"}