{"nrhp_refnum":"99001620","name":"Bray, Cadmus N., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"229 W. Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Siler City","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.72389065400006,"lon":-79.46148599299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story frame residence in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, on a large corner lot west of the historic commercial district, with three outbuildings and a rear lot extending to East Third Street. It was built in 1906 by local builder J. W. Turner.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a transitional design mixing Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, and as a nearly unaltered representative of early-twentieth-century architecture in a small North Carolina rail town. It also served as the model for two later houses Turner built for Bray's relatives. Cadmus N. Bray is noted for his brick yard, civic service as mayor, and role in early public utilities in Siler City.","narrative":"Built in 1906 by local builder J. W. Turner on a large corner lot in Siler City, this two-and-one-half-story frame house blends Queen Anne asymmetry with Colonial Revival detailing. Its cross-gabled hipped roof, shingled and bargeboarded gables, and polygonal bays are paired with a wrap-around porch carried on Ionic columns and rusticated stone piers, plus a later Ionic porte-cochere. Inside, original oak floors, beadboard wainscoting, fluted trim, and parlor mantels with mirrored overmantels remain largely intact. The house was built for Cadmus N. Bray, who ran a brick yard that supplied early Siler City buildings, served as mayor, and helped establish the town's first public electric power and telephone company. It is valued as one of the town's most intact early twentieth-century homes and as the model for two later houses Turner built for Bray relatives.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Turner, James W. (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The original standing-seam metal roof of the main block has been replaced with shingles; the 1940 garage is described as deteriorated and slated for removal by the present owner; the house was sold in 1990 and rehabilitation has begun.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.35325-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7195/47719549/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/99001620.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus_N._Bray_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/bray-cadmus-n-house-99001620/"}