{"nrhp_refnum":"83003971","name":"VanLandingham Estate","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2010 The Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.22984322000008,"lon":-80.80825032199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-shingled Bungalow-style house on about four acres of landscaped grounds at 2010 The Plaza in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the Chatham Estates suburb (now Plaza-Midwood). It was designed in 1913 and completed by 1914.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Charlotte's most important early twentieth century suburban estates and one of the few outside Myers Park. It is tied to the prominent VanLandingham family and to the architects Hook and Rogers and the landscape architect Leigh Colyer. It is also described as an unusually distinctive, intact country house in grounds of unusual quality, with notable rhododendron plantings.","narrative":"Set on more than four acres in Charlotte's Plaza-Midwood neighborhood, this estate pairs a large two-story Bungalow with formal and informal gardens. Cotton broker Ralph VanLandingham and his wife Susie commissioned the local firm Hook and Rogers to design the house in 1913, and the family occupied it in 1914. Gray cypress shingles, a granite foundation, stone piers, a hipped terra cotta tile roof and sleeping porches give it a rustic but massive character. Inside, a center hall leads to a living room, study, dining room and a stone-accented solarium. Landscape architect Leigh Colyer, believed to be Charlotte's first full-time practitioner in the field, shaped the grounds, which include rhododendron plantings begun in the 1930s or 1940s. The property is recognized for its association with the VanLandingham family, who were prominent in business and civic life, and for its intact architecture and landscape. Their son lived there until 1970.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1913-1914)","architect_builder":"Hook and Rogers (listed as (Charles Christian) Hood and Rogers), architects; Leigh Colyer, landscape architect","architectural_style":"Bungalow, expanded to massive proportions, with influence from the California bungalow","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination; described as excellently preserved and intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.112436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7213/47721320/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83003971.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003971/7e8163848e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003971/7e8163848e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RoxylovesHistory","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanLandingham_Estate,_Charlotte,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RoxylovesHistory</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:VanLandingham_Estate,_Charlotte,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721320","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanLandingham_Estate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/vanlandingham-estate-83003971/"}