{"nrhp_refnum":"83001869","name":"Poe, Edgar Allan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"206 Bradford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.054172609000034,"lon":-78.87959317299999,"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 two-story frame late Victorian house at 206 Bradford Avenue in the Haymount area of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, built between 1896 and 1898 by local builder Ruffin Vaughn.","why_significant":"The house is noted for rare Eastlake detailing in Fayetteville, substantial construction, a double-tiered wraparound porch and notable interior woodwork. It is also tied to the growth of Haymount as a fashionable western suburb around 1900, when brick manufacturer Edgar Allan Poe helped set a standard for houses in the district.","narrative":"Built between 1896 and 1898 at 206 Bradford Avenue in Fayetteville, this two-story frame house shows late Victorian design with Eastlake detailing that is rare in the city. Local builder Ruffin Vaughn, who was among the most active in the area, constructed it as one of his last houses. A wraparound porch rises to two tiers at the center front, decorated with turned posts, balusters and sawnwork. Inside, a central-hall plan holds four principal rooms per floor, with beaded wainscot, bullseye surrounds, sliding paneled doors and spoked, beaded-board ceilings. The lot was once part of the United States Arsenal grounds. The original owner, Edgar Allan Poe, ran a brickmaking business that grew into the E.A. Poe Brick Company. His home reflected the rise of Haymount, west of town, as a fashionable district for merchants, professionals and industrialists. Most outbuildings have been removed, but the house still looks much as it did in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1896-1898","architect_builder":"Ruffin Vaughn","architectural_style":"Late Victorian with Eastlake detailing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent and unaltered, on its original site. Upper-level rooms have been converted to apartment space, and a brick smokehouse at the rear is also used as an apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.556729-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7175/47717549/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001869.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001869/121d8599f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001869/121d8599f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Epicjeff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poe_House_Fayetteville,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicjeff</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:Poe_House_Fayetteville,_NC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000779","name":"Fayetteville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fayetteville-downtown-historic-district-99000779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_House_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/poe-edgar-allan-house-83001869/"}