Cadmus N. Bray House is a historic house located at 229 West Second Street in

Siler City Siler City is a town in western Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 7,702. History Siler City began when Plikard Dederic Siler and his wife, Elizabeth Hartsoe Siler, settled about fou ...

, Chatham County, North Carolina. James W. Turner, a local builder, constructed the house, and it remains a nearly unaltered representative of early 20th century architectural preferences in a small North Carolina rail town.

Description and history

The -story, Queen Anne/ Colonial Revival style timber-framed residence was built in 1906 for Siler City businessman and town mayor, Cadmus Bray. It features multiple bay projections covered by a steeply pitched and cross-gabled hipped roof surmounted by a square frame

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and a wraparound porch. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 1999.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1906 Houses in Chatham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina 1906 establishments in North Carolina {{ChathamCountyNC-NRHP-stub