Red Hill is a historic plantation house located near Bullock, Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The house consists of three parts: a 1+1⁄2-story, two-bay gambrel-roofed Georgian style center block built about 1776; a 1+1⁄2-story, two-bay one-room, gable-roofed Georgian style block with transitional Federal features, built about 1807; and a very tall two-story, three-bay, transitional Federal/ Greek Revival style addition, built about 1820, style frame I-house dwelling. It has a full basement, full width front porch, and exterior brick chimneys. Across from the house is the 2+1⁄2-story heavy timber frame tobacco manufactory. Also on the property are the contributing wash house / striphouse, open wellhouse, smokehouse, privy, and flower house / chicken house.[2]
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| Location | NC 1501, near Bullock, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°31′44″N 78°31′13″W / 36.52889°N 78.52028°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1776, c. 1807, c. 1820 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001632[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Patricia S. Dickinson and Cynthia A. Craig (June 1986). "Red Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.