Clover Hill (Patterson, North Carolina)
Clover Hill | |
Location | E of Patterson off NC 268 on SR 1514, near Patterson, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°59′41″N 81°31′40″W / 35.99472°N 81.52778°W |
Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
Built | 1846 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 73001301[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 25, 1973 |
Clover Hill, also known as Colonel Edmund Jones House, is a historic plantation house near Patterson, Caldwell County, North Carolina. Located on a knoll within the Happy Valley at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Clover Hill was built in 1846 by Colonel Edmund W. Jones for his bride Sonia C. Davenport. It is a two-story, five-bay, brick, Greek Revival-style house. The house sits on a raised basement and has a hipped roof. Additionally, it features a shed porch supported by four handsome fluted Ionic order columns. Inside the house, the interior is decorated with typical Greek Revival trim, such as Ionic and Doric colonnettes.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 for, according to the Statement of Significance, "its unusually handsome Ionic porch, entrances" and its well-executed interiors"[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit (May 1973). "Clover Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-142, "Clover Hill, State Route 1514, Patterson, Caldwell County, NC", 3 photos
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1846
- Houses in Caldwell County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Caldwell County, North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs