Paschal House
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Why it's listed
Built in 1950 in Raleigh's Country Club Hills subdivision, the Paschal House is a single-level stone and wood residence set at the edge of a wooded plateau. Designed by James W. Fitzgibbon, an associate professor at the North Carolina State University School of Design, it was commissioned by Dr. George Paschal and his wife Beth. The house is noted for its Wrightian character: low-sloped gables with deep overhangs, random ashlar granite walls, and a living room built around a massive central stone fireplace with a sunken conversation pit. Glazed walls on both sides of the living room let the roof appear to float, and the house is oriented to the sun for passive heating and cooling. Interiors use veneered plywood, cork floors, and slate flagstones, and radiant heat runs through the foundation slab. It is regarded as a distinctive example of the modernist houses produced by the School of Design faculty, and it is valued for its artistic design, its handworked materials, and its site integration.
Significance in brief: The house is nominated under Criterion C as the work of a master with high artistic value. It shows a sensitivity to site, innovative use of materials, subtle form and plan, and passive climatic control, and it draws on Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture. It is one of a small group of modernist houses produced by School of Design faculty in Raleigh in the 1950s and 1960s.
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 94001088, listed September 21, 1994. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 3334 Alamance Dr., Raleigh |
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| County | Wake County |
| Listed | September 21, 1994 |
| Reference number | 94001088 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1950 |
| Architect / builder | James W. Fitzgibbon (architect); Davidson and Jones Construction Company (contractor) |
| Architectural style | Wrightian |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house has been maintained well and is little altered; the owners have lived in it continuously since it was built. |
| Acreage | 2.7 |
| Coordinates | 35.82823, -78.66304 (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 94001088.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q21016096
- This listing as JSON
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