{"nrhp_refnum":"72000999","name":"Hawkins-Hartness House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 N. Blount St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.80542481800006,"lon":-78.61556025599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Victorian pressed-brick house with a four-story tower at 310 North Blount Street, Raleigh, built after 1881 to a design by Dr. William J. Hawkins and now used as state offices.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house for the imposing dignity of its relatively severe exterior and the fine craftsmanship of its interiors, including elaborate plaster ceiling medallions and original woodwork. It is one of a group of late nineteenth century houses remaining on North Blount Street. It is also an exemplary urban dwelling preserved through well-executed adaptation for office use.","narrative":"Dr. William J. Hawkins is said to have designed this Victorian house at 310 North Blount Street in Raleigh after his brother, Dr. Alexander B. Hawkins, bought the lot in 1881. Built of pressed brick, it rises two and a half stories beneath complex slate roofs and is dominated by a four-story tower. Its exterior is unusually severe for the period, relieved by an Eastlake-style porch said to have been added at the request of Mrs. Hawkins. Inside, a center-hall plan holds rooms with individually modeled plaster ceiling medallions, chamfered panel woodwork, mahogany, pine and walnut finishes, and decorative mantels. Dr. Hawkins also devised a private water system serving the house and the nearby governor's mansion. Later owners included Annie Sloan Hartness, whose husband served as North Carolina Secretary of State. The state acquired the property in 1969 and converted it to offices with few changes, preserving the interior and its place among the surviving late nineteenth century houses on the street.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Dr. William J. Hawkins (designed the house, per family tradition)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and unaltered per the form; converted to state office use (State Department of Local Affairs) with minimal changes, with practically all original interior finish remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.043289-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7224/47722497/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000999.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000999/03eff5bfaf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000999/03eff5bfaf-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Willthacheerleader18","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawkins-Hartness_House,_Office_of_the_Lieutenant_Governor_of_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Willthacheerleader18</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:Hawkins-Hartness_House,_Office_of_the_Lieutenant_Governor_of_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722497","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkins-Hartness_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20065105"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/hawkins-hartness-house-72000999/"}