{"nrhp_refnum":"10001098","name":"Harris, Harwell Hamilton and Jean Bangs, House and Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"122 Cox Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.83112490000008,"lon":-78.65918795899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad modernist building at 122 Cox Avenue in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built 1968-1970 with a rear addition in 1977. It was designed by Harwell Hamilton Harris as his architectural office, home and rental apartment.","why_significant":"The building is part of a group of early modern Raleigh buildings associated with the North Carolina State University School of Design faculty. It is a late work of Harwell Hamilton Harris, who trained under Neutra and Schindler. It shows his modular design, with a four-foot module used throughout, and his careful use of color and open space. Its original plan, finishes and color scheme remain largely intact.","narrative":"Harwell Hamilton and Jean Bangs Harris built this combined office and home at 122 Cox Avenue in Raleigh between 1968 and 1970, adding a living room and garden court at the rear in 1977. On a narrow lot below street level, the flat-roofed stucco building shows only an unadorned upper story to the street. A wood bridge leads over a drop in grade to the studio entrance. Harris placed his architecture studio on the second floor, with a double-height drafting room and mezzanine. The couple's residence and a rental apartment occupy the ground floor. A four-foot module governs the plan, windows and doors, and exposed wood trusses with orange steel webs leave the interior open. The original palette of buttery yellow, dark green, mustard and cornflower blue survives. Harris, who worked early in his career for Richard Neutra, is the architect of record. The building is listed for its link to modern architecture in Raleigh and for its well-preserved design, despite the 2006 replacement of stucco and windows.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Harwell Hamilton Harris (architect)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used for business; the ground-floor residence and apartment were historically domestic. Rehabilitated in 2006 with synthetic stucco and replacement windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.952985-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7185/47718561/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10001098.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001098/d43554798b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001098/d43554798b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harwell_Hamilton_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harwell_Hamilton_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718561","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Hamilton_and_Jean_Bangs_Harris_House_and_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709110"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/harris-harwell-hamilton-and-jean-bangs-house-and-office-10001098/"}