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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1926/00/00 Louis D Sutherland Architect County attorney, John C Sikes, hires his good friend, Louis D Sutherland, a Charlotte architect working for the firm of C C Hook, to draw the plans for his "dream house."
1926/05/17 Tucker,G. M. Architect Sikes hires G M Tucker of Monroe to construct the house for $35,000. L E Markham is given the plumbing and heating contract, and another $10,0000 is to be spent on landscaping, which is to include tennis courts and Japanese gardens with lights.
1927/06/00 John C Sikes Home The Sikes family move into their newly completed mansion. The road along the side of the property was renamed for the architect, Mr Sutherland, from Chain Gang Road.
1929/06/20 Extensive use is made of the third floor ballroom and the gardens for entertaining during the wedding of Margaret Dixon Sikes, the oldest daughter, to Caldwell Johnston.
1973/00/00 Henry Hall Wilson Home John C Sikes' great-nephew, Henry Hall Wilson, acquires the John C Sikes House.

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Particulars for John C Sikes House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th April 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Sikes, John C., House
Registry Address: 1301 E. Franklin St.
Registry Number: 82003518
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Sutherland,Louis D.; Tucker,G. M.
Architectural Style: Classical revival, Other
Attribute: Neo-Classical Revival
Area in Acres: 3
Contributing Buildings: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1926, 1927
Associated People: Sikes,John C.,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Secondary structure, Multiple dwelling, Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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