{"id":197,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-19 21:28:04","latitude":35.82003499720207884138289955444633960723876953125,"longitude":-78.672958890662584963138215243816375732421875,"title":"McAdams House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/677c33f39786354dcfd7d135e1627e68.jpg","address":"2214 Wheeler Road","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The 1954 McAdams House is a Modernist-influenced Ranch designed by Raleigh architect Leif Valand. Valand came to Raleigh in the 1940s to design the mixed-use Cameron Village development, which included the shopping center, office buildings, and housing. He stayed, establishing a firm that nurtured young designers. Unlike many local architects of the period, Valand was not associated with the Modernist-focused School of Design at North Carolina State University, and his practice was more client-focused than academically inclined. As this house demonstrates, his typical aesthetic incorporated horizontality, ashlar stone accents, and a broad, living room hearth into practical forms like the eminently livable Ranch house type. Private residence.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate: 1954","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/McAdamsHouse_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">McAdams House Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/677c33f39786354dcfd7d135e1627e68.jpg":{"id":1010,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McAdams House, 2021","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/677c33f39786354dcfd7d135e1627e68.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/b0640771d3b869272894ffa56297152c.jpg":{"id":1011,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McAdams House, 2021","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/b0640771d3b869272894ffa56297152c.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/5ca9db4c6a641a2717d4af4318bb260e.jpg":{"id":1012,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McAdams House, 2021","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/5ca9db4c6a641a2717d4af4318bb260e.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/cbc35822982e11f3907ced3710a2ec32.jpg":{"id":1013,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McAdams House, 2020","description":"Image courtesy of John Hodges.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/cbc35822982e11f3907ced3710a2ec32.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/87cac060eccc4bd32d0c93e1279e8a26.jpg":{"id":1014,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McAdams House, 1954","description":"Drawing by Leif Valand, Architect. <br />\r\nImage courtesy of John Hodges.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/87cac060eccc4bd32d0c93e1279e8a26.jpg"}}}