{"nrhp_refnum":"83001848","name":"Davis, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"910 Arsenal Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.05517395800007,"lon":-78.89568378499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A modest two-story, three-bay frame dwelling built about 1870 at 910 Arsenal Avenue in the Haymount area of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built by grocer John Davis behind his family store.","why_significant":"The house reflects the residential growth of Haymount, Fayetteville's western district, along the main trade route after nearby Arsenal lands were parceled and sold in the 1870s. It is also one of the few Fayetteville houses showing the picturesque traditions of Victorian architecture, with a sawn-bracket porch and unusual flared gable eaves.","narrative":"Built around 1870 at 910 Arsenal Avenue, this small two-story frame house sits in Fayetteville's Haymount neighborhood. John Davis bought the lot in 1870, next to the former United States Arsenal grounds, and built the house behind his general grocery store, which faced the busy Morganton Road, now Hay Street. The house has weatherboard siding, a gable roof with flared ends and exposed rafters, a rear ell, and a front porch with chamfered posts and lacy sawn brackets. Inside, a simple four-room plan surrounds a central chimney. Davis ran the store until his death in 1893, and his son John Jr. continued it until 1937. The house was later sold out of the family and used as rental housing during and after World War II. It was recognized for its link to Haymount's residential growth after the Arsenal lands were sold in the 1870s, and for its uncommon Victorian details in a local setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Victorian, picturesque traditions of the nineteenth century","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form lists the property as unoccupied and vacant. Ownership had recently passed to the Historic Fayetteville Foundation in the hope that the building would be preserved.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.840619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7175/47717563/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001848.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001848/fe77b25139-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001848/fe77b25139-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Davis_House_site_in_Fayetteville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Davis_House_site_in_Fayetteville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717563","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davis_House_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6228836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/davis-john-house-83001848/"}