{"nrhp_refnum":"98001143","name":"London, Henry Adolphus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"440 W. Salisbury St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsboro","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.722568101000036,"lon":-79.18502066499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, frame Queen Anne-style cottage on the north side of W. Salisbury Street in an older residential neighborhood near downtown Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1895 with a barn and small shed on its 2.1-acre lot.","why_significant":"The house is regarded as a representative example of the Queen Anne work of contractor Bennet Nooe, Jr., who shaped Pittsboro's growth in the 1890s and early 1900s. Its decorative wood shingle treatment across the projecting front bay and gables is considered exceptional even among Nooe's buildings in the town. The nomination argues it has local architectural significance under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built about 1895 in Pittsboro, this one-story frame cottage stands on a lot off West Salisbury Street and shows the irregular massing of the Queen Anne style. Its three-sided front bay, wraparound porch with a turned balustrade, and corner fireplaces give it a lively silhouette. The most notable feature is the shingle sheathing: alternating horizontal bands of diamond-cut and square-cut wood shingles cover the entire front of the projecting bay, a treatment the nomination describes as unusual. The house is attributed to contractor Bennet Nooe, Jr., who is credited with an estimated one thousand buildings in Pittsboro, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Lexington during the 1890s and early 1900s. Its builder family, the Londons, were prominent local merchants and bankers. Its significance rests on its architecture, as an intact example of Nooe's decorative work in Pittsboro.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1895","architect_builder":"Bennet Nooe, Jr. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The present owners plan to restore the house, including removing later shed rooms and an 1980s interior enclosure.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.668109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7195/47719547/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001143.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001143/43f0d093bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001143/43f0d093bb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HENRY_ADOLPHUS_LONDON_HOUSE;_CHATHAM_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:HENRY_ADOLPHUS_LONDON_HOUSE;_CHATHAM_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719547","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Adolphus_London_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153758"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/london-henry-adolphus-house-98001143/"}