Walter McCanless House | |
Location | 200 Confederate Ave., Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°40′59″N80°28′8″W / 35.68306°N 80.46889°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1927 | -1929
Architect | Benton & Benton |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 05000452 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 2005 |
The Walter McCanless House, also known (for later owners) as the Hedrick House or Donaldson House, is a historic home on Confederate Avenue in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, and was completed in 1929. [2] The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
It is a large two-story, buff brick and terra cotta, Renaissance Revival-style mansion. It consists of a two-story main block with flanking single-story pavilions, and two symmetrical two-story rear ells project to give the home a U-shaped plan. Other contributing resources are the garage (c. 1929) and swimming pool (c. 1929). The entire property is a triple plat. [2]
The home was designed by architecture firm Benton & Benton of Wilson, North Carolina, and built between 1927 and 1929 for businessman Walter Franklin McCanless (1887–1958), son of Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless. [2] The construction cost was reported to be $250,000 (over $4.5 million in modern dollars). [2] It has been described as the county's "finest Italian Renaissance Revival house ... whose grandeur is unrivalled" in the area. [2]
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