{"nrhp_refnum":"72000994","name":"McNeely-Strachan House","other_names":["Salisbury Academy"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"226 S. Jackson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.66801659600003,"lon":-80.47396343399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 226 South Jackson Street in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, built about 1820 as the girls' school building of the Salisbury Academy and later used as a residence.","why_significant":"The house descends from the academy tied to Queen's College, the first successful college effort in North Carolina, and began as the academy's girls' school. Over more than 150 years it was expanded and remodeled, blending Federal, Greek Revival, mid-Victorian and post-Victorian elements into a harmonious whole.","narrative":"Built about 1820 in Salisbury, North Carolina, this two-story frame house first served as the girls' school of the Salisbury Academy. The academy traced its roots to Queen's College, founded in Charlotte in 1771 and described as the first successful effort to establish a college in the state. The Salisbury Thespian Society raised money through a lottery to build the academy's buildings, but financial strain forced the sale of the property in 1825. Later owners included Maxwell Chambers and Dr. Claudius Wheeler. In 1859 Dr. Josephus W. Hall bought it and added the two-tier porch with its cast iron grapevine arcade. Rebuilt chimneys and a high hip roof followed about 1911. Inside, a center hall mixes Federal, Greek Revival and Victorian details, and the rooms keep original Federal mantels and Victorian brass gas chandeliers. The house sits on a wooded lawn and reflects several periods of change.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, with Greek Revival, Victorian and later additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered, on its original site; occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.953599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7220/47722098/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000994.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000994/7b4dfbde82-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000994/7b4dfbde82-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ncpappy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_Josephus_Hall_Hosue_Salisbury_NC;_on_the_National_Register_as_McNeely-Strachan_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ncpappy</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_Josephus_Hall_Hosue_Salisbury_NC;_on_the_National_Register_as_McNeely-Strachan_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722098","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Hall_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/mcneely-strachan-house-72000994/"}