6321 Johnson Pond Rd
Fuquay-Varina, NC, USA

National Register of Historic Places - J. Beale Johnson House

Statement of Significance:

The J. Beale Johnson House is a grand Neoclassical style house built circa 1906 in the vicinity of the town of Fuquay-Varina in rural Wake County, North Carolina. The two-story frame house exemplifies the Neoclassical Revival style in its imposing two-story Doric portico and its refined classical architectural appointments through- out the interior and exterior. The residence was designed by prominent Raleigh architect Charles Pearson for J. Beale Johnson, an influential Wake County entrepreneur at the beginning of the new century. The Johnson House is associated with the productive life of J. Beale Johnson, who made substantial contributions to business, political, and general community life in southern Wake County during the early part of the twentieth century. The interior and exterior integrity of the house remains intact and accurately reflects the gracious lifestyle of the builder and the intention of the architect, and thus exemplifies the main thrust of the Neoclassical influence in the United States during the first decade of the twentieth century.