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Mayes House

Mayes House: Shingle Style, National Register listed 1993-08-05.

Large dark green shingled house with white trim, a two-storey bay of windows and a clipped conical shrub on the front lawn beside a pavement.
Mayes House. Big Wang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Address435 E. Morehead St., Charlotte
Architectural styleShingle Style
National Registerref 93000735, listed 1993-08-05
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • John H. Mayes was born in England, the son of John and Mary Ainsworth Mayes, and came to the United States at the age of fourteen.

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

  • Idelia Green Mayes raised the couple's three children and took part in the social life of early twentieth-century Charlotte.

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

  • The Mayeses' immediate neighbours included Stewart W. Cramer and William States Lee, who became president of Duke Power Company and the Piedmont and Northern Railroad.

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

  • In North Carolina the Shingle style began to appear in the 1890s and lasted only into the first few years of the twentieth century.

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

  • John H. Mayes worked as a travelling salesman for Stewart W. Cramer.

    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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