{"nrhp_refnum":"89000031","name":"Clarke-Hobbs-Davidson House","other_names":["Masonic Temple","Charles A. Hobbs House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"229 5th Ave. West","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hendersonville","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.31783620400006,"lon":-82.46206044699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival house at 229 Fifth Avenue West in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, built about 1907. A rear brick addition was made after the Masons acquired it in 1958, and it has been used as a Masonic meeting hall since.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house is one of the most imposing surviving historic residences near downtown Hendersonville and that brick houses of its age are relatively rare in the city. Its interior woodwork, including extensive natural oak trim and an elaborate parlor mantel, is cited as retaining a high degree of integrity. It is presented as one of the finest local examples of early 20th-century domestic architecture in the transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style.","narrative":"Built about 1907 on a narrow city lot on Fifth Avenue West in Hendersonville, this two-and-a-half-story brick house combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features. Its red pressed brick walls, hipped roof with a pedimented dormer, and a full-width porch on rough stone posts with paired Doric colonnettes give it a pronounced central axis. Inside, a centre hall plan with extensive natural oak woodwork survives, including five-part door and window surrounds, a dog-leg stair with heavy newels, and a parlor mantel with Ionic colonnettes and a mirrored overmantel. The dining room has a deeply coffered ceiling. Charles S. Clarke and his wife Louise were early owners, and the house passed to Alfred J. Hobbs in 1907 and later to Ada S. Davidson in 1911. Roy and Catherine Noble owned it by 1932. In 1958 the Masons acquired it and added a rear brick wing, which is largely hidden from the street. Brick houses of this age are uncommon in Hendersonville, which makes the house notable for its period, materials and interior finish.","period_of_significance":"c.1907","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a Masonic meeting hall since 1958","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.739425-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7179/47717979/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89000031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000031/e5d397592d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000031/e5d397592d-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarke-Hobbs-Davidson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarke-Hobbs-Davidson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717979","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%E2%80%93Hobbs%E2%80%93Davidson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/clarke-hobbs-davidson-house-89000031/"}