{"nrhp_refnum":"94000190","name":"Grayson, Dr. C. S., House","other_names":["Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1009 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.96816325000003,"lon":-80.01492873099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story eclectic Colonial Revival house of rock-faced gray granite at 1009 North Main Street in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, built 1923-1925 with a contemporary granite garage. It is the only stone house in the vicinity of downtown High Point.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be one of the last survivors of the fashionable North Main Street residential district and one of the few surviving upper-class houses of the 1910s and 1920s in High Point. Its well-preserved design by Harry Barton of Greensboro and its association with Dr. Charles S. Grayson, a physician and four-term mayor, are cited as the basis of its significance.","narrative":"Built between 1923 and 1925 on a corner lot on North Main Street in High Point, this two-and-one-half story house is constructed of rock-faced gray granite from Mount Airy, cut by hand on the site. Its Colonial Revival design is strongly influenced by the Craftsman style, shown in its wraparound front porch, carved rafter ends, and tile roof. Harry Barton of Greensboro, a Beaux-Arts trained architect, designed the house for Dr. Charles S. Grayson, a High Point physician who delivered many babies and later served four terms as mayor from 1931 to 1939. The house is regarded as one of the few surviving upper-class residences of the 1910s and 1920s in High Point. Its center-hall plan remains largely unaltered, with a dining room featuring a dado and a tripartite mantel in the parlor. The property has housed a furniture reference library open to the public since 1970.","period_of_significance":"1923-1925","architect_builder":"Harry Barton (architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has housed the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library since 1970, and a 1982 rear addition was built for library stock storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.302442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7204/47720496/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94000190.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000190/d78133a351-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000190/d78133a351-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C.S._Grayson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C.S._Grayson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._C._S._Grayson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/grayson-dr-c-s-house-94000190/"}