{"nrhp_refnum":"94001085","name":"Small, G. Milton, and Associates, Office Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"105 Brooks Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.789667535000035,"lon":-78.67345927199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, steel-frame office building raised on steel columns on a 69-by-155-foot lot on the west side of Brooks Avenue in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, adjacent to the North Carolina State University campus. It was erected in 1966 as the office of architect G. Milton Small and Associates.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the work of a master, Raleigh's earliest and most skilled proponent of Miesian architecture, and that it represents the high point of Miesian design in Raleigh. Its consistent detailing, its raised, floating form set among mature trees, and its design as the architect's own office are cited as distinctive. It was published in Architectural Record in 1969.","narrative":"Built in 1966 on Brooks Avenue in west Raleigh, this one-story steel-frame office stands on steel columns above a gravel-paved parking area. Architect G. Milton Small, Jr. designed it for his own practice after renting space on Hillsborough and Tucker Streets, buying the 69-by-155-foot lot in July 1964. Frank Walser was the contractor, and Ezra Meir and Associates provided structural engineering. The building is regarded as the purest example of Miesian design in the Raleigh area. Its features include an overhanging flat roof, exposed steel columns, glass and aluminum-mullion walls, and a raised entrance reached by a steel stair over shallow pools. Small preserved many mature trees during construction, and the raised building sits within their canopy. Interiors use walnut, bronze and fir with bold primary-colored accents. The building was published in Architectural Record in December 1969. It is regarded as an unusually complete work by an architect designing for his own needs.","period_of_significance":"1966","architect_builder":"G. Milton Small, Jr. (architect); Frank Walser (contractor)","architectural_style":"Miesian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied by Small Kane Architects, a successor firm to G. Milton Small and Associates.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.392694-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7185/47718555/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94001085.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001085/c13afac972-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001085/c13afac972-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bob Sowa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G_Small_Triangle_Modern_Homes_Raleigh_NC_9452.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Sowa</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:G_Small_Triangle_Modern_Homes_Raleigh_NC_9452.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03001300","name":"West Raleigh Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/west-raleigh-historic-district-03001300/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718555","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Milton_Small_and_Associates_Office_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20639526"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/small-g-milton-and-associates-office-building-94001085/"}