{"nrhp_refnum":"82003518","name":"Sikes, John C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1301 E. Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monroe","county":"Union County","state":"NC","lat":34.97427685200006,"lon":-80.52335732899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick Neo-Classical Revival house on E. Franklin Street (formerly Wadesboro Road) about one mile east of downtown Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, set on a landscaped site of nearly four acres. It was built in 1926-1927 for lawyer and politician John C. Sikes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the most sophisticated residence in Monroe and one of the best-known works of architect Louis D. Sutherland, with finely executed interior trim and mantels. It also points to its association with John C. Sikes, a local and state political figure, and with his great-nephew Henry Hall Wilson, a national political figure and Chicago Board of Trade president who lived there from 1973 until his death in 1979.","narrative":"Built in 1926-1927 on a pine-covered site of nearly four acres east of downtown Monroe, the John C. Sikes House is a two-and-a-half-story Neo-Classical mansion of yellow Roman brick, designed by Charlotte architect Louis D. Sutherland of the C. C. Hook office. G. M. Tucker of Monroe was the contractor, with a construction contract of $35,000. The house has a six-column stone Tuscan portico, eight-light dormers, Adamesque mantels, and a grand two-flight stair in the center hall. It was built for John C. Sikes, a lawyer who served twice in the General Assembly and as mayor of Monroe from 1917 to 1919. Its later owner, his great-nephew Henry Hall Wilson, was a Kennedy White House aide and president of the Chicago Board of Trade. The house is regarded as one of the most accomplished Neo-Classical residences in Union County.","period_of_significance":"1926-1927","architect_builder":"Louis D. Sutherland (architect); G. M. Tucker (builder)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","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 17:11:42.571712-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7223/47722376/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003518.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003518/f67a50107b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003518/f67a50107b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mpbusyb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_C._Sikes_House_on_Franklin_Street.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mpbusyb</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:John_C._Sikes_House_on_Franklin_Street.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722376","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Sikes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24041076"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/union-county/sikes-john-c-house-82003518/"}