Hi-Mount Historic District
Why it's listed
Hi-Mount is a residential neighborhood of about eleven blocks in north Raleigh, North Carolina, platted in stages between 1938 and 1951. Most of its houses were built between 1940 and 1954 by a small number of builders, including George H. Wright Jr., Pine Ridge Homes, Inc., and Hi-Mount Homes, Inc. The houses are small, one-story Minimal Traditional dwellings, with some one-and-a-half-story Cape Cod-influenced forms and later minimal Ranch forms. Most are frame houses with asphalt-shingled roofs and brick or concrete-block foundations. The neighborhood was laid out in a grid with a planned park along Kimbrough Street. It is regarded as a largely intact example of a speculative postwar subdivision, built to meet the housing demand that followed World War II. The district's architecture, with its consistent form, materials and scale, is also considered a well-preserved group of Minimal Traditional homes in Raleigh.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the district is significant for community development and planning as a largely intact speculative subdivision built to meet post-World War II housing demand. It is also significant for architecture as a cohesive collection of small Minimal Traditional-style houses with modified Cape Cod and Ranch forms.
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 11000484, listed July 29, 2011. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by E. Whitaker Mill Rd., Bernard, Peebles, Main & Hilton Sts, Raleigh |
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| County | Wake County |
| Listed | July 29, 2011 |
| Reference number | 11000484 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1938-1954 |
| Architect / builder | Wright, G. H. Jr. (Wright Construction Co.); Allied Building Company; Hi-Mount Homes, Inc.; Pine Ridge Homes, Inc. |
| Architectural style | Minimal Traditional |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The district is entirely residential, with 152 principal buildings and 16 outbuildings contributing and two vacant lots in the district. |
| Acreage | 53 |
| Coordinates | 35.81178, -78.62864 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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 11000484.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5750225
- This listing as JSON
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