{"nrhp_refnum":"76001330","name":"Liddell-McNinch House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"511 N. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.231646684000054,"lon":-80.83956666299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story frame house at 511 North Church Street in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built between 1891 and 1893 for businessman Vinton Liddell.","why_significant":"The house blends Queen Anne and Shingle Style elements in an inventively irregular composition with varied exterior textures, and its richly finished interior is well preserved and essentially unchanged. It is also tied to two prominent Charlotte figures, Vinton Liddell and later owner S. S. McNinch, mayor from 1905 to 1907, who hosted President William H. Taft there in 1909. It is one of the pivotal Victorian structures remaining in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.","narrative":"Set on a thickly planted lot in Charlotte's oldest surviving downtown residential neighborhood, this two-and-one-half story frame house combines Queen Anne and Shingle Style design. Beaded weatherboards cover the first floor, dark green wooden shingles the second, and slate shingles the roof, which rises in multiple gables, hips and cross gables. A verandah and wraparound porch, bay windows and a sun room add to its picturesque outline. Inside, carved oak woodwork, a massive stair, an elaborately coffered library ceiling and varied Colonial Revival mantels survive largely unchanged. Businessman Vinton Liddell bought the lot in 1891 and had the house built by 1893. S. S. McNinch, who served as Charlotte's mayor from 1905 to 1907, acquired it in 1907, and in 1909 President William Howard Taft visited the house after McNinch invited him to a local anniversary celebration. The house remains a key Victorian survivor in the Fourth Ward.","period_of_significance":"1891-1893","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne / Shingle Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good, unaltered condition and occupied as a private residence by the heirs of S. S. McNinch 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 02:58:57.66795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7213/47721326/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001330.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001330/5c0861abe8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001330/5c0861abe8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Willamor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liddell-McNinch_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Willamor</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:Liddell-McNinch_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721326","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liddell-McNinch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19875125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/liddell-mcninch-house-76001330/"}