{"nrhp_refnum":"87001787","name":"Oakwood Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Oakwood Historic District","Oakwood Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E side of Linden Ave. & N side of 700 blk. E. Lane St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.783488171000045,"lon":-78.62939082499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-10-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Oakwood Historic District in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, covering the east side of Linden Avenue and the north side of the 700 block of E. Lane Street. It holds 17 frame buildings, mostly small houses built between 1907 and 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is significant for community development and architecture. It is stylistically and developmentally contiguous with Oakwood and was left out of the original district through apparent professional oversight. It shows early twentieth-century housing for artisan and lower-middle-class residents and includes one of three surviving corner groceries in Oakwood.","narrative":"Seventeen frame buildings on Linden Avenue and East Lane Street in Raleigh form an eastward extension of the Oakwood Historic District. Built between 1907 and 1925, they are mostly small one-story Queen Anne and Classical Revival cottages, along with two Craftsman duplexes and a corner grocery. Thirteen buildings contribute to the district's character and four do not. The area was left out of the original 1974 district, apparently through professional oversight. A small creek branch behind the lots on the east side of Linden Avenue forms a natural edge, separating Oakwood from the traditionally Black neighborhoods to the east. Developers subdivided the blocks in the early 1900s, and the first residents were mostly artisans and lower-middle-class workers. Pyramidal-roofed and three-gabled cottages dominate, and their forms suited the hot climate. The Cash Grocery, built around 1911, is one of three corner groceries surviving in Oakwood. The extension was listed for its role in neighborhood development and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1907-1930","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed are single and multiple dwelling and a department store. Several houses have modern porch railings, replacement siding or altered windows, and four buildings are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.777657-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7225/47722547/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87001787.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001380","name":"Oakwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/oakwood-historic-district-74001380/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722547","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/oakwood-historic-district-boundary-increase-87001787/"}