{"nrhp_refnum":"10001112","name":"Capitol Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Penn Rd, N State St, Glascock St, and Madison Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.79187419500005,"lon":-78.62152980186336,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about six blocks on the northeast edge of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, platted in May 1946 as the Capitol Heights subdivision. It contains 84 contributing principal buildings, mostly one-story Minimal Traditional houses built between 1947 and 1949.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a well-preserved post-World War II speculative subdivision that developed in response to postwar housing demand and VA and FHA financing. It is significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a largely homogeneous collection of Minimal Traditional houses laid out on a grid plan. The district is also tied to the Multiple Property Documentation Form on Raleigh's post-war architecture.","narrative":"Capitol Heights is a residential district on the northeast edge of Raleigh, North Carolina, laid out in a grid of six blocks and platted in May 1946. Its 84 contributing houses were built between 1947 and 1949, mostly one-story, side-gabled Minimal Traditional dwellings with two or three bedrooms. Developers Raymond D. Kelly and G. B. Wynne sold parcels in 1946 to Clancy & Scott, Inc. and George Henry Wright, and the two firms erected most of the houses. The neighborhood reflects the postwar housing shortage and the financing made available through FHA mortgage insurance and VA home loans. Its lots, streets and houses form a largely uniform collection that illustrates the speculative subdivision type of the period. The district is significant for its architecture and for its well-preserved group of Minimal Traditional speculative houses.","period_of_significance":"c. 1946-1949","architect_builder":"Wright Construction Co. (builders); Clancy Construction Co. (Clancy & Scott, Inc.) (builders); Curtis Construction (builders)","architectural_style":"Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district is entirely residential, with no demolition since 1949 and no vacant lots; houses have been altered with replacement windows, siding and porches.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.887849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7186/47718653/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10001112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001112/3c4e9188f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001112/3c4e9188f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_in_Capitol_Heights_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_in_Capitol_Heights_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001380","name":"Oakwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/oakwood-historic-district-74001380/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718653","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Heights_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5035877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/capitol-heights-historic-district-10001112/"}