{"nrhp_refnum":"85001454","name":"Gregson-Hadley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"322 E. Raleigh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Siler City","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.724401784000065,"lon":-79.45915446099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Queen Anne style house at 322 East Raleigh Street in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, built about 1903 to a design by architect W. H. Tippet. It was the first brick residence built in Siler City.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest examples of Queen Anne architecture in Siler City and a good picture of how the style appeared in smaller central North Carolina towns. It is also tied to Julius Clarence Gregson, an influential industrialist and civic leader, and to the growth of Siler City as a small mill community in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Built about 1903 at 322 East Raleigh Street, this one-story brick house was the first brick residence in Siler City. Architect W. H. Tippet designed it in the Queen Anne style, with an exaggerated hip roof, projecting gables, a pentagonal corner turret, and a wraparound porch with spindlework and a filigree balustrade. Colorful multi-pane windows mark each gable and the turret. Inside, vertical board wainscoting, bull's-eye cornerblocks, and two original mantels survive. A rear addition and interior remodeling date from the 1920s, but the front section has stayed unchanged. Julius Clarence Gregson, who managed the Hadley-Peoples Manufacturing Company, a cotton yarn mill, had the house built. He later served as a town commissioner and helped found a local church. The house is recognized as a fine small-town example of Queen Anne design and for its link to Gregson and to Siler City's early mill-town growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W. H. Tippet","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; the front section is unchanged since construction, with a rear addition and interior remodeling from the 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.295276-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7175/47717513/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85001454.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717513","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregson-Hadley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18151105"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/gregson-hadley-house-85001454/"}