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Hamilton C. Jones III House

Hamilton C. Jones III House: Tudor Revival, National Register listed 2002-05-02.

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Recorded location
201 Cherokee Rd., Charlotte
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Large stone Tudor Revival house with a steeply pitched roof, tall chimney stack and leaded windows, behind clipped hedges.
Hamilton C. Jones III House. Nyttend · Public domain · source
Recorded address201 Cherokee Rd., Charlotte
Architectural styleTudor Revival
National Registerref 02000439, listed 2002-05-02
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

Names and addresses in the source records

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  • Hamilton C. Jones III House — 201 Cherokee Rd. · source record
  • Hamilton Jones House — 201 Cherokee Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207 · source record

What we established, and from where

  • The house stands at the south-east corner of Cherokee Road and Fenton Place in Charlotte's Eastover neighbourhood, about two miles south-east of the central business district.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

  • Charlotte attorney and politician Hamilton C. Jones III hired the city's premier revivalist architect, Martin E. Boyer, to design the residence.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

  • Eastover was developed by the E. C. Griffith Company from 1927.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

  • Hamilton Chamberlain Jones III graduated from the University of North Carolina and then took a law degree at Columbia University.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

  • Construction of the house began in 1929 and continued until 1931, with Blythe-Isenhour as general contractor.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

  • The house was designated a local historic landmark by Charlotte ordinance in 1986, during the ownership of James and Virginia Risser.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-18

The primary source

The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

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