{"nrhp_refnum":"80002815","name":"Westlawn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1505 Fort Bragg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.05945238100003,"lon":-78.90588033899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival country house at 1505 Fort Bragg Road in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, built in 1858 for banker John D. Williams. The builders are believed to be brothers Ruffin and Christopher Vaughn.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Fayetteville's best preserved antebellum Greek Revival country houses and an example of the Vaughn brothers' early building forms. It is also tied to John D. Williams, a leading banker, merchant and civic figure. It is argued to be associated with Fayetteville's antebellum and Reconstruction development and likely to yield information about mid-nineteenth century life on the city's outskirts.","narrative":"Westlawn is a two-story frame Greek Revival country house on Fort Bragg Road in Fayetteville, completed in 1858 for banker and merchant John D. Williams. It is attributed to the Vaughn brothers, Ruffin and Christopher, prominent local builders, and reflects their early work. The house has a double-pile center-hall plan, a hip roof, a five-bay front porch with Doric columns, and a western study wing with sawn brackets. Inside are fluted surrounds, molded plaster cornices, a mahogany stair and a marble parlor mantel. A frame smokehouse with a cupola is the only surviving outbuilding. Williams led Fayetteville's first bank, held many business and civic posts, and died at the house in 1895 after the Panic of 1893 ruined him financially. Later owners included a dentist and a physician before First Christian Church bought it in 1951 and made it its educational building. The property is listed as a well preserved antebellum house tied to Williams and the Vaughns.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1858)","architect_builder":"Ruffin & Christopher Vaughn","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied; the house is used as the educational building of First Christian Church, which acquired it in 1951. Condition is marked good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.940713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7197/47719794/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002815.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719794","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlawn_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18217682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/westlawn-80002815/"}