{"nrhp_refnum":"95000676","name":"Reese House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202 S. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hendersonville","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.31278559300006,"lon":-82.46218952099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Reese House is a two-story, T-shaped, weatherboarded frame house in the Queen Anne style, located at the corner of South Washington and Allen streets in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built circa 1885.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture under Criterion C, as a well-crafted example of Queen Anne design. Its exterior sawn detailing, wraparound Victorian porch, and interior plaster, mantelpieces, and staircase are described as largely intact. Alterations in the 1920s were minor by comparison.","narrative":"Built circa 1885 on a corner lot at South Washington and Allen streets in Hendersonville, the Reese House is a two-story, T-shaped frame house finished in weatherboard. Its main west elevation is dominated by a projecting bay under an intersecting gable, and an ornate wraparound porch with chamfered posts, turned balusters, and saw-tooth trim runs along the front. The porch, circular gable vents, eaves brackets, and cornice returns retain their sawn ornament. Inside, a center hall plan places four fireplaces with sawn friezes and ceramic tile, and the walls and ceilings keep their original plaster, including a rosette on the parlor ceiling. The open-string staircase retains Queen Anne detailing on its stringer. Changes made after the death of William P. Reese, including a rear shed addition for kitchen and pantry space, were limited, and the house is regarded as largely intact. Its significance rests on its architectural quality as a Queen Anne house in the Henderson County seat.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1885","architect_builder":"Builder - Brown, James","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.563402-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7179/47717977/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95000676.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000676/c6e4bd7a48-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000676/c6e4bd7a48-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reese_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reese_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717977","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987766"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/reese-house-95000676/"}