Montrose is a historic estate and national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The estate was once owned by North Carolina Governor William Alexander Graham and Susannah Sarah Washington Graham. The main house was built about 1900 and remodeled in 1948. It is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile frame dwelling with a high-hip, slate-covered roof, and flanking one-story wings. It features a Colonial Revival style pedimented entrance pavilion with a swan's neck pediment. Also on the property are the contributing William Alexander Graham Law Office (1842, c. 1893) with Federal style design elements, garage (1935), kitchen (c. 1845), smokehouse (c. 1830), pump house (1948), tractor shed (1948), animal shelter (1948), barn (c. 1830-1845) and the landscaped gardens (c. 1842-1977).[2]
Montrose | |
 Montrose, March 2007 | |
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| Location | 320 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W |
| Area | 61 acres (25 ha) |
| Built | 1842, 1900, 1948 |
| Architect | Paxton, Thomas; Carr, George Watts |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001187[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 28, 2001 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Patricia S. Dickinson and Michael T. Southern (August 2001). "Montrose" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.