{"nrhp_refnum":"84002408","name":"Carey, Philip, Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 E. 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.22776920000007,"lon":-80.83946441899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick warehouse at 301 East Seventh Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, beside the Southern Railway tracks. It was built in 1907-1908 by William W. Hagood for its first tenant, the Philip Carey Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the most intact and successful commercial example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Charlotte. It is also the most distinguished survivor of the warehouse district that once lined the railroad tracks in First Ward. It recalls Charlotte's early role as a railroad-served distribution center in the Piedmont.","narrative":"Beside the Southern Railway tracks at Seventh Street in Charlotte stands a two-story brick warehouse put up in 1907-1908. William W. Hagood, a local businessman and real estate investor, built it for the Philip Carey Company, a national roofing materials supplier. Its pressed brick walls, tinted mortar and detailing of corbelling, paneling and stepped parapet ears make it a strong example of Romanesque Revival design. Arched windows, a front parapet and pilasters dividing the long sides into thirteen bays give it a distinctive look. Inside, the plan is open, with rows of wood columns and heavy timber decking. A freight elevator by the Moffatt Machine Company survives. Later tenants included Ford, Westinghouse, Kelly-Springfield Tire and American Cyanamid. The building is valued as the most architecturally notable remnant of the First Ward warehouse district and as a reminder of how railroads shaped Charlotte's growth as a distribution center in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1907-1908","architect_builder":"Builder/architect listed as unknown; erected by William W. Hagood for the Philip Carey Company","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival (Victorian Romanesque)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as vacant in recent years; the form lists present use as vacant and unoccupied. The roof was rebuilt around 1980 and the first-floor front and some windows were altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.939109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7212/47721286/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002408/9fc9538dc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002408/9fc9538dc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Willamor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Carey_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Willamor</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:Philip_Carey_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721286","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Carey_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460839"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/carey-philip-building-84002408/"}