{"nrhp_refnum":"93000440","name":"Fadum House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3056 Granville Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.82220440100008,"lon":-78.66398771699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1949 Usonian-type house at 3056 Granville Drive in north Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, designed by James W. Fitzgibbon with brick, glass and wood under a double cantilevered roof. It overlooks the Carolina Country Club golf course on a wooded, sloping lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house introduced the Modern movement to Raleigh's traditional residential architecture and is the first Wrightian Usonian design in the city and in Wake County. It is also presented as the first Wake County building using built-up wood columns to support a cantilevered roof truss grid over brick and glass curtain walls. Its design is tied to the influx of Modernist faculty at the newly formed School of Design at North Carolina State College.","narrative":"Completed in 1950 on a wooded lot in Country Club Hills north of downtown Raleigh, this house was designed by James W. Fitzgibbon in 1949 for Nancy and Ralph Fadum. Its double cantilevered roof floats over brick and glass curtain walls, supported by built-up wood columns bolted to steel plates. The wedge-shaped plan steps from a one-story rear to a two-story front facing the golf course, with glass walls taking advantage of winter sun. Interior built-in settees, cabinets and a sunken fireplace hearth reflect Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian ideas. Architectural Record named it one of its 1951 Houses of the Year. Its appearance in a traditional neighborhood is regarded as the start of Modern domestic design in Raleigh. The house is also cited as the city's first full example of the Usonian type, which was built to be affordable and efficient.","period_of_significance":"1949","architect_builder":"Fitzgibbon, James W., architect; Walser, Frank A., builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement; Wrightian Usonian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The 1988 fiberglass roof replacement and 1987 mezzanine island enlargement are noted; the document says the house has been continuously occupied by its builder.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.882565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7225/47722503/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93000440.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000440/d1fa7cd71d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000440/d1fa7cd71d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"BoBSerrone","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fadum_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">BoBSerrone</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fadum_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722503","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadum_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709115"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/fadum-house-93000440/"}