{"nrhp_refnum":"83001920","name":"Breese, William, Jr., House","other_names":["Colonial Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brevard","county":"Transylvania County","state":"NC","lat":35.23277020900008,"lon":-82.73150711199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neo-Classical Revival house on a corner lot in the 400 block of Main Street in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, built ca. 1902 with a pebbledash-stucco frame exterior and a two-story Ionic entrance portico.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Brevard's finest turn-of-the-century buildings, combining Neo-Classical Revival design with locally popular pebbledash construction. It also cites its association with William Breese, Jr., a lawyer, mayor and state senate candidate who held a range of public offices in Brevard and western North Carolina.","narrative":"Built around 1902 on Main Street in Brevard, this two-story frame house is finished in pebbledash stucco and has brick quoining at its corners. Its hipped slate roof, two-story Ionic portico and paired interior chimneys give it a formal Neo-Classical Revival character. Inside, the stair hall has paneled wainscoting and a Louis XVI style mantelpiece, and the original dining room is also paneled. The house was associated with William Breese, Jr., a lawyer who served as mayor of Brevard and held a range of public offices, including chairman of the board for Western Carolina Teacher's College from 1933 until his death. His family owned the house for many years, and it later operated as an inn and restaurant known as the Colonial Inn. The nomination values it for its architecture and for its link to Breese's public career.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1901","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Operated as the Colonial Inn, a restaurant and inn, with changes including enlarged doorways, an enclosed porch and a removed second-floor wall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.482128-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7223/47722363/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001920.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001920/b36cd667df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001920/b36cd667df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Nspeaks","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Breese_Jr._House.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Nspeaks</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Breese_Jr._House.png"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000638","name":"East Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/east-main-street-historic-district-09000638/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Breese_Jr._House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986543"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/transylvania-county/breese-william-jr-house-83001920/"}