{"nrhp_refnum":"95000172","name":"Bollinger-Hartley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"423 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blowing Rock","county":"Watauga County","state":"NC","lat":36.13883243400005,"lon":-81.67003411599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story frame Craftsman bungalow on a 1.43-acre tract overlooking the Middle Fork of the New River in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was completed in 1914 by carpenter Leroy Sylvester Bollinger and later altered by Fred Boyce Hartley and his stone mason son Fred Vaughn Hartley.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of the Craftsman bungalow form in Blowing Rock, shaped by the blend of summer-resort styles and local materials such as chestnut and native stone. It is described as unusually well preserved, with few substantive changes after the 1940s. Its association with the Hartley stonework and the family's long occupancy adds to its importance.","narrative":"Built in 1914 by carpenter Leroy Sylvester Bollinger on a seven-acre parcel overlooking the Middle Fork of the New River, this one-and-a-half-story frame bungalow combines chestnut framing and interior finish with weatherboards and wood shingles. Bollinger, a former groundsman at the Flat Top Manor estate, sold the house in 1921 to Barnard Council Cannon, who sold it in 1924 to Fred Boyce Hartley. Hartley and his stone mason son, Fred Vaughn Hartley, made improvements between about 1929 and 1945, including a chimney of local stone around 1932 and a stone perimeter foundation around 1935 that replaced earlier piers. The house is regarded as an unusually intact example of the Craftsman bungalow in a resort town where many older houses were remodeled or lost. Its significance rests on that architectural integrity and on its connection to local builders working with native materials.","period_of_significance":"1914; ca. 1932","architect_builder":"Bollinger, Leroy Sylvester, builder; Hartley, Fred Vaughn, stonemason; Hartley, Fred Boyce, builder/carpenter","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is occupied seasonally and used as a weekend residence by the Filipski family, who own it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.747389-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7227/47722766/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95000172.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722766","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollinger-Hartley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/watauga-county/bollinger-hartley-house-95000172/"}