{"nrhp_refnum":"82003453","name":"Rogers, James Mitchell, House","other_names":["Rogers House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 S. Cherry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.093992599000046,"lon":-80.24696954299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame late Victorian house at 102 S. Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, built 1883-1885 for businessman James Mitchell Rogers by the contracting firm Miller Brothers.","why_significant":"The house is one of the few surviving late nineteenth century homes along Cherry Street and a well-preserved example of Victorian eclecticism blending Gothic Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne influences. It is also tied to J. Mitchell Rogers, a leading hardware merchant and first president of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, and to his son Francis M. Rogers, a Standard Oil chemist involved in developing the gasoline cracking process.","narrative":"Built between 1883 and 1885, this large two-story frame house at 102 S. Cherry Street in Winston-Salem was constructed by the Miller Brothers firm for hardware merchant James Mitchell Rogers. It once stood among many fine dwellings on Cherry Street and is now one of the few survivors, sitting on a knoll above the commercial core. The design mixes Gothic Revival gables with board and batten siding, Italianate bay windows and arched lintels, and the irregular massing of the Queen Anne style. Rogers headed Brown, Rogers and Company for over 40 years and served as the first president of the local Chamber of Commerce in 1885. His son Francis M. Rogers, raised in the house, became chief chemist at Standard Oil of Indiana and helped develop a cracking process for making gasoline. Family members lived here for nearly a century. After a 1979 sale, the house was renovated as law offices with few changes to its original layout.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1883-1885)","architect_builder":"Miller Brothers, contractors (J. S. and Gideon L. Miller); no architect known","architectural_style":"Late Victorian eclectic: Gothic Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne influences","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Renovated in 1979 and in use as law offices; condition reported as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.223097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7201/47720181/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003453.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003453/df994da55c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003453/df994da55c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JAMES_MITCHELL_ROGERS_HOUSE,_FORSYTH_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:JAMES_MITCHELL_ROGERS_HOUSE,_FORSYTH_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720181","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mitchell_Rogers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016133"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/rogers-james-mitchell-house-82003453/"}