{"nrhp_refnum":"91000076","name":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:St. Mark's Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S side NC 2004 E of jct. with NC 2074","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntersville","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.347742709000045,"lon":-80.88049865699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame rectory built ca. 1897 in the vernacular Victorian style, located about 200 feet southeast of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The boundary increase parcel also includes a 1930s frame auto garage, classified as noncontributing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the rectory is the only surviving 19th-century official residence for clergy in rural Mecklenburg County. It is presented as one of the county's finer vernacular Victorian houses beyond Charlotte, with a remarkably intact interior. Its historic association with the church is also cited as a reason for significance.","narrative":"Built around 1897 in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this two-story frame rectory stands about 200 feet southeast of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, which dates to 1886-1887. Local house carpenter John Ellis McAuley erected the T-shaped vernacular Victorian dwelling on part of a 3.25-acre tract given to the church by parishioners in late 1896. The house has a front porch with turned posts and sawn brackets, a sidelighted entrance framed by a crossetted surround, and original sash windows. Its interior retains a center hallway, a stair with turned balusters, a newel with bull's-eye motifs, sawnwork mantels, tongue-and-groove wainscot, and heavily molded doors. The rectory served the parish until 1961 and is now occupied by tenants. It is regarded as the only surviving 19th-century official clergy residence in rural Mecklenburg County and one of the county's finer vernacular Victorian houses beyond Charlotte. Its intact construction and historic link to the church give it significance in its own right.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1897","architect_builder":"John Ellis McAuley (builder)","architectural_style":"vernacular Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now occupied by tenants; served as the rectory until 1961.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.029688-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7182/47718239/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000076.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718239","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Huntersville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589938"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/st-marks-episcopal-church-boundary-increase-91000076/"}