8528 Ragan Rd
Apex, NC, USA

  • Architectural Style: Victorian
  • Bathroom: 2
  • Year Built: 1890
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • Square Feet: 1,998 sqft
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Sep 23, 2008
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
  • Bedrooms: 2
  • Architectural Style: Victorian
  • Year Built: 1890
  • Square Feet: 1,998 sqft
  • Bedrooms: 2
  • Bathroom: 2
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Sep 23, 2008
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
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Sep 23, 2008

  • Charmaine Bantugan

National Register of Historic Places - Calvin Wray Lawrence House (Wake County MPS)

Statement of Significance: The Calvin Wray Lawrence House in the New Hill vicinity of Wake County's Buckhorn Township is of local significance under National Register Criterion C for architecture as a largely intact example of a triple-A I-house with Victorian details and three significant outbuildings, associated with agricultural prosperity in rural Wake County. The house was built around 1890 for Calvin Wray "Callie" Lawrence, a farmer, and his wife, Cathie Ann. Callie Lawrence (1859-1930) farmed his own property, and possibly neighboring parcels owned by his mother, and expanded his own landholdings during the early twentieth century. Lawrence and his family lived on the outskirts of the New Hill community but were associated with it through church and commercial ties. His house's generally plain finish is contrasted with some noticeable decorative elements, such as turned porch posts with sawn brackets and double-arched attic vents. The building's character represents conservative notions of house plan and finish yet with some ornamentation that represents aspects of late Victorian taste. Context 3, "Populism to Progressivism, 1885-1918", pages E:46-65, and Context 4, "Boom, Bust and Recovery Between the World Wars, 1919-1941", pages E:65-77, in Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770- 1941)" (Lally & Johnson, 1993), provide the context for establishing the Calvin Wray Lawrence House's eligibility under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture. The Calvin Wray Lawrence House falls under Property Type 1B, "Farm Complexes between the Civil War and World War I", pages F: 124, and 131-135, and Property Type 3B, "Houses Built between the Civil War and World War I", pages F:112-113. Additional context for the Calvin Wray Lawrence House is provided herein. The period of significance for the house is ca. 1890, the date of construction of the house.

National Register of Historic Places - Calvin Wray Lawrence House (Wake County MPS)

Statement of Significance: The Calvin Wray Lawrence House in the New Hill vicinity of Wake County's Buckhorn Township is of local significance under National Register Criterion C for architecture as a largely intact example of a triple-A I-house with Victorian details and three significant outbuildings, associated with agricultural prosperity in rural Wake County. The house was built around 1890 for Calvin Wray "Callie" Lawrence, a farmer, and his wife, Cathie Ann. Callie Lawrence (1859-1930) farmed his own property, and possibly neighboring parcels owned by his mother, and expanded his own landholdings during the early twentieth century. Lawrence and his family lived on the outskirts of the New Hill community but were associated with it through church and commercial ties. His house's generally plain finish is contrasted with some noticeable decorative elements, such as turned porch posts with sawn brackets and double-arched attic vents. The building's character represents conservative notions of house plan and finish yet with some ornamentation that represents aspects of late Victorian taste. Context 3, "Populism to Progressivism, 1885-1918", pages E:46-65, and Context 4, "Boom, Bust and Recovery Between the World Wars, 1919-1941", pages E:65-77, in Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770- 1941)" (Lally & Johnson, 1993), provide the context for establishing the Calvin Wray Lawrence House's eligibility under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture. The Calvin Wray Lawrence House falls under Property Type 1B, "Farm Complexes between the Civil War and World War I", pages F: 124, and 131-135, and Property Type 3B, "Houses Built between the Civil War and World War I", pages F:112-113. Additional context for the Calvin Wray Lawrence House is provided herein. The period of significance for the house is ca. 1890, the date of construction of the house.

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