{"nrhp_refnum":"89000446","name":"Mangum, Bartlett, House","other_names":["Clair's Cafe"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2701 Chapel Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":35.97699697300004,"lon":-78.93589445899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story Neoclassical Revival frame house built in 1908 at 2701 Chapel Hill Road in southwestern Durham, North Carolina, originally the residence of manufacturer and farmer Bartlett Mangum and now a restaurant.","why_significant":"The house is significant architecturally as an intact example of the elaborate residences built around 1900-1920 by prominent Durham manufacturers and businessmen, most of which near the town center have been demolished. It also represents community development, as the seat of Mangum's farm and vineyard across from his sawmill, cotton gin and brickyard complex during Durham's growth.","narrative":"Built in 1908 on Chapel Hill Road in southwestern Durham, this two-and-one-half story frame house was the home of Bartlett Mangum, who ran an eighty-acre farm and vineyard and a manufacturing complex of sawmill, cotton gin and brickyard across the road. Contractor William A. Wilkerson built it; the architect is unknown. The house combines late Victorian details with Neoclassical Revival features: a two-tier portico with Doric columns, a wraparound porch, Palladian windows, slate hip roof with metal cresting, and an Art Nouveau leaded glass transom. Inside, much woodwork, mantels and heart pine flooring survive, likely reflecting millwork produced in the Mangum lumber yard. After Mangum's death in 1927 his farm was subdivided, and the house later served as rental housing, a church, a clothing store and restaurants. It was recognized for its architecture and as a rare surviving early suburban residence of a prominent Durham manufacturer during the city's growth.","period_of_significance":"1908-1927","architect_builder":"Wilkerson, William A. (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Classical Revival / Neoclassical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In commercial use since 1968, first as a clothing store, later a church and then restaurants; operating as Claire's Cafe at the time of nomination. Alterations described as minimal and reversible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.17169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7177/47717769/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89000446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000446/9ac37998b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000446/9ac37998b6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartlett_Mangum_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartlett_Mangum_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717769","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett_Mangum_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986925"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/mangum-bartlett-house-89000446/"}