{"nrhp_refnum":"14000230","name":"Fuquay Springs Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by S. Main & W. Spring Sts., Sunset & Kite Drs.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fuquay Varina","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.577730988500065,"lon":-78.80095866775355,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2014-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of roughly five blocks in Fuquay-Varina, southern Wake County, North Carolina, anchored by the Fuquay Mineral Spring. It is predominantly residential, with one-and two-story frame and brick houses, and includes the Varina Mercantile Building, the only non-residential property besides the spring.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its associations with the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century development of Fuquay Springs around the mineral spring resort, and as an intact collection of early-twentieth century residential architecture. Individually important resources include the Ben-Wiley Hotel, the Varina Mercantile Building, and several Queen Anne/Colonial Revival and Craftsman houses. The nomination states the district reflects town growth tied to the spring and to the tobacco market.","narrative":"Fuquay Springs Historic District occupies about five blocks of Fuquay-Varina, a small town in southern Wake County, and is built around the Fuquay Mineral Spring. The spring drew visitors for health and recreation from the late nineteenth century into the 1920s, and its hotels, boarding houses and pavilion shaped the residential streets that grew up beside it. The district is composed mostly of one- and two-story frame and brick houses built between about 1899 and 1946, when tobacco was becoming the town's main industry. Notable buildings include the Varina Mercantile Building of 1899, the only commercial building in the district, and the Ben-Wiley Hotel, built in 1925 as a Craftsman-style hotel near the spring. Several houses display Colonial Revival and Craftsman features such as pedimented entries, exposed rafter ends and porches with tapered posts on brick piers. The district is significant for its link to the spring resort era and for its cohesive early twentieth-century residential character.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1899-1946","architect_builder":"Hairr, A. Y.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The residential area remains vital, with all properties inhabited and several undergoing sensitive rehabilitations. The spring's 1980s rehabilitation of the gazebo is noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.701997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7186/47718637/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96001398.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/fuquay-springs-historic-district-boundary-increase-14000230/"}