{"nrhp_refnum":"97001545","name":"Hambley-Wallace House","other_names":["Wallace House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 S. Fulton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.66659179100003,"lon":-80.47806093099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering","Landscape Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Chateauesque-style mansion at 508 South Fulton Street in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, built 1901-1903 of granite and brick with a slate roof, set on landscaped grounds with a granite wall, stable and servants' quarters, and a play house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the state's most distinguished example of the Chateauesque style, designed by Charlotte architect Charles Christian Hook and built for mining engineer Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley. It is also the only known North Carolina design by the Philadelphia landscape firm Thomas Meehan and Sons. The house and its 1904 grounds survive in a remarkably intact, well-preserved state.","narrative":"Built between 1901 and 1903 at 508 South Fulton Street in Salisbury, this granite and brick mansion is a Chateauesque-style house topped with a tall slate roof, an offset conical tower, and ornate attic dormers. It was designed by Charlotte architect Charles Christian Hook for Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley, a British-born mining engineer, and built by the Lazenby brothers. The grounds, laid out in 1904 by Thomas Meehan and Sons of Philadelphia, include a granite wall, a stable with servants' quarters, a play house, and tennis court standards. Inside, the rooms follow a Classical Revival treatment, finished in woods such as oak, maple, and mahogany. The property was listed for its architecture, as the state's most distinguished example of the Chateauesque style, which followed the construction of Biltmore. It also has statewide importance for its landscape design, the only known North Carolina work of the Meehan firm. The house remains a family residence in a high state of preservation.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Charles Christian Hook (Hook & Sawyer, Charlotte); built by the Lazenby brothers construction company; grounds by Thomas Meehan and Sons, Philadelphia","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Chateauesque Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling and described as in a remarkably high state of preservation, with most of its 1927 furnishings in place.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.696018-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7221/47722106/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/97001545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001545/716be3c476-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001545/716be3c476-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ncpappy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hambley_Wallace_House_Salisbury_NC.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ncpappy</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:Hambley_Wallace_House_Salisbury_NC.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000760","name":"Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/salisbury-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-89000760/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722106","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambley%E2%80%93Wallace_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867549"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/hambley-wallace-house-97001545/"}