{"nrhp_refnum":"83001874","name":"Waddill's Store","other_names":["Bernard's Men's Shop"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"220 Hay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.05354947700005,"lon":-78.88004781999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Waddill's Store is a three-bay, three-story brick storefront on Hay Street in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built c. 1850 for the merchant John Waddill, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of Greek Revival commercial architecture, distinguished by an uncommon gable front and dentil cornice. It is one of only two antebellum storefronts still standing on Hay Street and is associated with the commercial prosperity of Fayetteville as an inland port and trades center.","narrative":"Built c. 1850 by John Waddill, Jr., this three-story, three-bay brick storefront on the north side of Hay Street in Fayetteville is a Greek Revival commercial building. Its gable front, which evokes classical temple forms, and its dentil cornice set it apart from nearby structures. Waddill and his brother Thomas sold general merchandise, from dry goods to drugs, at both retail and wholesale, serving planters and turpentine producers. In 1858 William McKay and Thomas Fuller bought the property, and it was later known as the Presbyterian Building, which likely housed a printing office. The building was later used for offices, dwellings and, in the 1940s, a restaurant. Its association with Fayetteville's antebellum trade and its rarity as one of two surviving antebellum storefronts on Hay Street explain its importance in the nomination.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":"John Waddill, Jr. (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently houses a men's specialty clothing shop; the porch was replaced by a metal canopy and the storefront modernized.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.44806-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7175/47717569/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001874.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001874/4d0ca401fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001874/4d0ca401fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Apc106","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waddills_store_(3).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Apc106</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:Waddills_store_(3).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/47717569","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddill%27s_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18217633"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/waddills-store-83001874/"}