{"nrhp_refnum":"71000627","name":"White-Holman House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"New Bern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.77959150600003,"lon":-78.63612138199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 209 East Morgan Street in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, begun in late 1798 for William White, who was then Secretary of State. It was moved in April 1986 to a reconstructed foundation on a nearby site facing New Bern Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the finest remaining early residences in Raleigh and is essential to the study of early architecture in North Carolina. It belongs to a group of Raleigh-area houses with similar elaborate interior woodwork, and it is likely to share a builder, still unidentified, with nearby Haywood Hall.","narrative":"Begun in late 1798, this house at 209 East Morgan Street in Raleigh was built for William White, a Lenoir County planter and son-in-law of Richard Caswell. White had just been appointed Secretary of State and was required to live in the capital. The original two-story frame house had beaded weatherboards, a three-bay front, a modillion cornice and a single-story wing on each end. Inside, a side-hall plan includes a closed-string stair, a paneled wainscot with a Wall of Troy motif, and an ornate parlor mantel. The house stayed in the White family until 1884, when William Calvin Holman bought it and later added to it. The City of Raleigh acquired it in 1968. Its interior woodwork resembles that of other houses in the Raleigh area, including Haywood Hall, suggesting a common builder. In 1986 the house was moved a short distance north and set on its numbered, reconstructed stone foundation.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, and unoccupied, with preservation work in progress. It was owned by the City of Raleigh and moved in April 1986 under a memorandum of agreement.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.927978-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7225/47722598/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000627.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000627/d3404fb382-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000627/d3404fb382-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Colbert Howell, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-Holman_House,_209_East_Morgan_Street,_Raleigh_(Wake_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Colbert Howell, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-Holman_House,_209_East_Morgan_Street,_Raleigh_(Wake_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78001978","name":"Capitol Area Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/capitol-area-historic-district-78001978/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722598","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Holman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679860"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/white-holman-house-71000627/"}