Woody, Burdett, House
Why it's listed
Built about 1901 by Burdett Woody and his wife Eura on land she received from her mother's 1901 division of the Durham family property, this two-story frame house follows the triple-A I-house plan common to North Carolina farmsteads of its time. Its front gable, boxed eaves with applied diamond medallions, corner boards with elaborate capitals, and stained-glass gable windows set it apart from most surviving examples in the county. Inside, beadboard walls and ceilings remain, and the west front room has diagonal beadboard, rib molding, and a bull's eye ceiling medallion. The nomination regards the house as one of the best surviving examples of this type in Chatham County, and it stands with a contributing smokehouse of the same period. Later alterations from the 1940s and 1950s, including a sliding-glass door and replaced windows, were reversed in a recent restoration that followed a period of vacancy.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is an intact example of the triple-A I-house, a traditional farmhouse form in central North Carolina around 1900, and that it ranks among the best surviving examples of this type in Chatham County. Its decorative exterior woodwork, colored gable glass, and interior beadboard walls and ceilings, including diagonal beadboard in the west front room, are cited as distinctive features.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 08000773, listed August 6, 2008. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2232 White Smith Rd., Siler City |
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| County | Chatham County |
| Listed | August 6, 2008 |
| Reference number | 08000773 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1901 |
| Architectural style | Other: triple-A I-house |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Restored recently; the document describes the house as having been restored and an addition built, and says the house was vacant for about four years after Annie Mae Johnson's death before the current owners restored it. |
| Acreage | 5 |
| Coordinates | 35.80663, -79.31193 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 08000773.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18159345
- This listing as JSON
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