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VanLandingham Estate

VanLandingham Estate: Bungalow/Craftsman, built 1914, National Register listed 1983-10-13.

Green-painted timber house with cream trim and a low-pitched roof, largely screened by mature trees and shrubs, with a red pickup truck parked outside.
VanLandingham Estate. RoxylovesHistory · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Address2010 The Plaza, Charlotte
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
Year recorded1914
National Registerref 83003971, listed 1983-10-13
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • The house was designed by the Charlotte firm Hook and Rogers in 1913 and completed the following year.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • Ralph VanLandingham was a cotton broker whose family moved from an older neighbourhood to the new development.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • The grounds are credited to Leigh Colyer, believed to have been Charlotte's first full-time landscape architect.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • The exterior walls are grey stained cypress shingles.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • Donations by the family established the six-acre VanLandingham Glen at UNC Charlotte.

    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).

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