{"nrhp_refnum":"84001921","name":"Horner Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"304 and 308 N. Fisher St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burlington","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.09985867300003,"lon":-79.43630628499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent 1920s houses at 304 and 308 North Fisher Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina: the Earl Horner House, a large bungalow built c. 1921, and the Charles Horner House, a Spanish Colonial Revival house built in 1924. Both stand on a terraced tract.","why_significant":"The houses were built for two brothers who led Burlington in business and civic affairs. Earl Horner was mayor from 1919 until 1944 and Charles Horner served on the school board. The Charles Horner House is described as Burlington's only Spanish Colonial Revival example, and the Earl Horner House as an unusual, full-blown bungalow of ample size.","narrative":"Side by side on North Fisher Street in Burlington stand two houses built for brothers who helped shape the city in the 1920s. Earl Horner's two-story bungalow, dated about 1921, has a multi-gabled roofline, deep eaves, German siding and a Craftsman interior with leaded-glass cabinets and tapestry brick. Next door, Charles Horner's house of 1924 is stuccoed, topped with a red terra cotta tile roof, and was built from stock plans by Atlanta architect Leila Ross Wilburn. It is described as Burlington's only Spanish Colonial Revival example. Charles Horner directed the Pearson Remedy Company and sat on the school board from 1923 into the late 1930s. Earl Horner served as mayor from 1919 until 1944, overseeing a reservoir, sewer lines and street paving. The houses were listed for these associations and for their architecture, and both remain largely unaltered and in residential use on their terraced lots.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"308: Leila Ross Wilburn (stock plans); carpenter D. Edward Clapp built the Charles Horner House","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman (Earl Horner House); Spanish Colonial Revival (Charles Horner House)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Both houses are occupied as private residences and are described as not significantly altered, in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.217037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7172/47717236/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84001921.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001921/922321aef0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001921/922321aef0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Horner_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Horner_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/horner-houses-84001921/"}