{"nrhp_refnum":"80002902","name":"Norburn Terrace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 Lafayette St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.793944734000036,"lon":-78.62941202899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Norburn Terrace is a two-story, towered brick house on a knoll with about 1.3 acres of terraced grounds, fronting the former Louisburg Road in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1898-1899 to a design associated with architect Adolphus Gustavus Bauer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a late Victorian suburban estate that combines eclectic Victorian detailing with conservative southern symmetry, and that it is one of the few such estates remaining in Wake County and Raleigh. It is also associated with Herbert E. Norris, a Wake County attorney, legislator and judge who helped create the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Raleigh and the Home for the Aged and Infirm. The house is described as remarkably little changed from its original construction.","narrative":"Built in 1899 on Louisburg Road in Raleigh, Norburn Terrace is a two-story brick house with a dominant octagonal tower, a spindle-frieze porch and a terraced landscape of walks, pools and plantings. Architect Adolphus Gustavus Bauer, who had come to Raleigh in 1883 to help with the Executive Mansion, is credited with its design and grounds. The house was commissioned by Herbert E. Norris, an attorney who represented Wake County in the state House and Senate and served as a judicial solicitor. Norris helped draft the bill that created the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Raleigh, now North Carolina State University, and promoted the Home for the Aged and Infirm. The interior keeps four neo-classical mantels, stained and leaded glass and Ionic detailing. Its combination of an intact house and an estate landscape is regarded as rare among surviving Raleigh properties, and the house is valued as a local landmark tied to Norris's civic work.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1898","architect_builder":"Adolphus Gustavus Bauer (architect), associated by tradition","architectural_style":"Victorian, late Victorian eclectic","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.410372-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7224/47722499/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002902.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722499","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norburn_Terrace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/norburn-terrace-80002902/"}