Mar 12, 1996
National Register of Historic Places - Henry L. Kamphoefner House
Statement of Significance: The 1950 Henry L. Kamphoefner House is a wood, glass, and brick Wrightian composition that joins a select few other Raleigh early modern architectural expressions that were harbingers of the movement in what was as at the time of its construction an architecturally conservative capital city. The significance of the house is discussed in the Multiple Property Documentation Form "Early Modern Residences in Raleigh Associated with the Faculty of the School of Design, 1948-1972." Nominated under Criterion C, Criteria Consideration G for significance in architecture, the house meets the registration requirements for an associated property type as indicated in Section F; and the historic context articulated in Section I. "Modern Architecture in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1938-1972." Designed by Dean Henry Kamphoefner, who assumed the leadership of the newly founded design school in 1948, in collaboration with faculty member George Matsumoto, the Kamphoefner House is a Wrightian Usonian expression of the early twentieth-century modern architectural tenets promulgated by Kamphoefner's architectural icon, Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was occupied by Kamphoefner and his wife Mabel from its 1950 completion until her death in 1987 and his in 1990. During his tenure as Dean of the School of Design, it was also the scene of lively interchanges between Kamphoefner's gifted students and faculty and such architectural giants as Lewis Mumford and Frank Lloyd Wright. As such, the Henry L. Kamphoefner House inspired a generation of architects and designers that continues to influence architectural design in North Carolina and beyond.
National Register of Historic Places - Henry L. Kamphoefner House
Statement of Significance: The 1950 Henry L. Kamphoefner House is a wood, glass, and brick Wrightian composition that joins a select few other Raleigh early modern architectural expressions that were harbingers of the movement in what was as at the time of its construction an architecturally conservative capital city. The significance of the house is discussed in the Multiple Property Documentation Form "Early Modern Residences in Raleigh Associated with the Faculty of the School of Design, 1948-1972." Nominated under Criterion C, Criteria Consideration G for significance in architecture, the house meets the registration requirements for an associated property type as indicated in Section F; and the historic context articulated in Section I. "Modern Architecture in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1938-1972." Designed by Dean Henry Kamphoefner, who assumed the leadership of the newly founded design school in 1948, in collaboration with faculty member George Matsumoto, the Kamphoefner House is a Wrightian Usonian expression of the early twentieth-century modern architectural tenets promulgated by Kamphoefner's architectural icon, Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was occupied by Kamphoefner and his wife Mabel from its 1950 completion until her death in 1987 and his in 1990. During his tenure as Dean of the School of Design, it was also the scene of lively interchanges between Kamphoefner's gifted students and faculty and such architectural giants as Lewis Mumford and Frank Lloyd Wright. As such, the Henry L. Kamphoefner House inspired a generation of architects and designers that continues to influence architectural design in North Carolina and beyond.
Mar 12, 1996
Posted Date
Aug 31, 2023
Historical Record Date
Mar 12, 1996
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
