{"nrhp_refnum":"72000998","name":"Andrews-Duncan House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 N. Blount St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78466754400006,"lon":-78.63626869299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-and-one-half-story Victorian dwelling at 407 North Blount Street in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built by railroad executive Alexander Boyd Andrews on a lot he bought in 1873.","why_significant":"It was built by one of the leaders of the nineteenth-century railroad business and is described as a fine example of a Victorian dwelling in the Italian mode. With the Heck-Andrews and Hawkins-Hartness houses it is a remnant of the days when Blount Street housed some of Raleigh's most prominent families. An old white oak in the yard, the 'Henry Clay Oak', is tied to Clay's 1844 'Texas Question' letter.","narrative":"Located at 407 North Blount Street in Raleigh, this large two-and-one-half-story Victorian house has a gable roof, lapped siding and a coursed stone basement. The five-bay front has a porch with paired chamfered posts, ornate brackets and a central double door with etched glass. Inside, a modified center-hall plan holds a curving stair with octagonal balusters and parlors with marble mantels. Alexander Boyd Andrews, a railroad executive, bought the lot in 1873 and built the house. He began in railroading in 1859, became superintendent of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad in 1867, and later served as first vice-president of the Southern Railway. Laura Duncan Pearson bought the house in 1919, and it stayed in the Duncan family. The yard holds the 'Henry Clay Oak', where Henry Clay is generally believed to have written his 1844 letter on the annexation of Texas. The house also recalls Blount Street's prominent families.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian dwelling in the Italian mode","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered, on its original site. Present use is listed as multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.257721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7226/47722602/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000998.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000998/afa26ed18b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000998/afa26ed18b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ANDREWS-DUNCAN_HOUSE,_RALEIGH,_WAKE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:ANDREWS-DUNCAN_HOUSE,_RALEIGH,_WAKE_COUNTY.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/47722602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews-Duncan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18640106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/andrews-duncan-house-72000998/"}