Neal Somers Alexander House: Queen Anne, National Register

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Recorded location: 5014 N. Sharon Amity Rd., Charlotte
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Two-storey Queen Anne house painted cream and grey, with a wraparound porch, a conical turret roof and a large oak tree on the front lawn. — Neal Somers Alexander House. RoxylovesHistory · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Recorded address	5014 N. Sharon Amity Rd., Charlotte
Architectural style	Queen Anne
National Register	ref 08000381, listed 2008-05-07
Research depth	dossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

The 1903 house was originally the seat of a 1,000-acre cotton farm.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
It is a two-and-a-half-storey frame Queen Anne house.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Only ten two-storey Queen Anne houses were identified across rural Mecklenburg County in the county survey.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The only surviving farm building recorded was an abandoned and heavily deteriorated barn.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The farm was run into the 1930s, when the boll weevil devastated cotton crops in the county.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

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).

Official record

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all 8 Queen Anne buildings · all 197 listed places in Charlotte

What else is close

Ascension · about 0.9 mi away · Attractions & public art
Campbell Creek Park · about 1.0 mi away · Parks & greenways
Julian Underwood Park · about 1.2 mi away · Parks & greenways
Hezekiah Alexander House · about 1.2 mi away · Historic places
Hickory Grove · about 1.3 mi away · Attractions & public art
Devonshire Park · about 1.4 mi away · Parks & greenways

Distances are straight-line from the recorded coordinates, not walking distance — there may be a creek, a rail line or an interstate in between.

Neal Somers Alexander House