Applications

The Lassiter House - 1951

Elizabeth Lassiter has applied to have her home, The Lassiter House, at 726 Hempstead Place in Charlotte, be considered for historic landmark designation.   

On February 18, 2003, HLC staff made a site visit to the house and met with Mrs. Lassiter.  According to Mrs. Lassiter, the house was built in 1951 and was designed by noted Charlotte architect A. G. Odell.

The house has retained a very high degree of integrity.  Many innovative Modernist features were incorporated into the design of this house; and while some are no longer in use, it appears that none have been irrecoverably altered.

The exterior of the house is equally intact and features Modernist details.  The low, flat design is a defining character of the style. 

A second bedroom was added in the 1970’s.  Odell’s firm was hired to design the addition.

The gabled section of the house was added in the 1970's

The house’s landscaping was designed by Odell as well.  The most distinctive feature of the lot is the front retaining wall.  The view of this house from the street is very different from the neighboring homes.

The Lassiter house may be the earliest surviving example of Modernist residential architecture in Charlotte.  The Lassiter house was not identified by the Post World War Two Buildings Survey.  With consideration of house’s high degree of integrity and its association with A. G. Odell, HLC staff recommends that the house be put on the Commission’s Study List and that the Commission fund a Survey and Research Report.