{"nrhp_refnum":"72001001","name":"Lewis-Smith House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Blount St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78570458000007,"lon":-78.63528761999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame dwelling in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built shortly after 1854 for Dr. Augustus M. Lewis. It was originally at 515 North Wilmington Street and was moved in June 1974 to a site facing North Blount Street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it significant to Raleigh both historically and architecturally. It is one of only two major surviving Greek Revival dwellings in the city, with a distinctive Doric-Ionic double portico and a well-preserved Greek Revival interior. It was also the home of Charles Lee Smith, a prominent educator and publisher, from 1912.","narrative":"This two-story frame house in Raleigh was built shortly after 1854 for Dr. Augustus M. Lewis, who served in the General Assembly. It is a Greek Revival dwelling with a hip roof, a three-bay front, and a two-tier portico with Doric columns below and Ionic columns above. A bracketed cornice wraps the main block, and the center-hall interior keeps its Greek Revival mantels, plaster medallions, and elaborate gas-era chandeliers. Early twentieth-century two-story bays were added on each side. From 1912 it was the home of Charles Lee Smith, an educator, author, and president of the Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, who gathered a large rare-book library. The house is one of only two major Greek Revival dwellings left in Raleigh. State government clearance in the early 1970s left it isolated, so in June 1974 it was moved across Wilmington Street to a site facing North Blount Street, where it remains in a similar residential setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dr. Augustus M. Lewis (appears to have built the house)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in excellent condition. It was moved in June 1974 to avoid demolition for a state government center, and the move appears to have caused no damage to its architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.253939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/7225/47722564/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72001001.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001001/376d9b95fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001001/376d9b95fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewis-Smith_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</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:Lewis-Smith_House.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/47722564","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis-Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016030"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/lewis-smith-house-72001001/"}