Wachovia Building Company Contemporary Ranch House

The story

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The Wachovia Building Company Contemporary Ranch House stands at 823 Bryan St. in Raleigh, Wake County, and was built in 1951 in the Contemporary Ranch style. The Wachovia Building Company was both builder and architect, and the nomination attributes the design to Leif Valand.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture; the nomination gives its period of significance as 1951, the year it was built.

Physical character

The house rests on a brick foundation under an asphalt roof, with walls sided in wood shingle and plywood; built-in cabinetry includes a kitchen-dining cupboard, dining-room shelving and a corner fireplace with a slate hearth. In 2010 the brick cheek walls and breezeway wall were rebuilt and the breezeway floor and drive steps were replaced with flagstone, joining a gable-roofed breezeway and basketweave brick patio; a kitchen tile floor had been added in 2006.

Historical context

York Building Company sold parcels to the Wachovia Building Company in 1951, which sold the finished house that year to Arthur McKimmon II and his wife Elizabeth; the McKimmons sold it to Albert and Susan Jenkins in 1956. In 2000 Billy Joe East sold his interest in the property to Jacqueline Jordan.