{"nrhp_refnum":"93000735","name":"Mayes House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"435 E. Morehead St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.19062955100003,"lon":-80.84799546999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Shingle Style house at 435 East Morehead Street in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built about 1902 by John Henry and Idella Green Mayes.","why_significant":"It is the only surviving turn-of-the-century house in Charlotte's old Second Ward and one of the few fine houses left on once-fashionable Morehead Street. The nomination also calls it a rare intact example of the Shingle Style in Charlotte, with a cross-gambrel roof and well-preserved interior features. It is listed under Criterion C for architecture.","narrative":"Built about 1902 at 435 East Morehead Street in Charlotte, this two-story house was the home of John H. Mayes, a textile machinery agent and mill designer, and his wife Idella Green Mayes. Its form is asymmetrical, with a large cross-gambrel roof covered in slate, wood-shingled upper walls, and a brick first story over a raised basement. Inside, a large living hall has a brick fireplace and a staircase that widens as it descends, lit by a tall stained glass window at the landing. Original wood floors, tiled fireplaces, and a dining room with Ionic columns survive. The Mayes family lived here until 1926. The house once stood among fashionable homes, including that of mill entrepreneur Stewart W. Cramer, but it now sits almost alone beside a freeway and commercial buildings. It is the last surviving residence of Charlotte's Second Ward and a rare intact local example of the Shingle Style, which is why it was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant/not in use; the then-owner intended to rehabilitate the house as a law office.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.288606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7212/47721270/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93000735.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000735/06b5581662-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000735/06b5581662-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Big Wang","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayes_House_Charlotte.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Wang</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayes_House_Charlotte.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721270","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/mayes-house-93000735/"}