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Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W / 36.07806; -79.14333
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Montrose
Montrose, March 2007
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
Location320 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W / 36.07806; -79.14333
Area61 acres (25 ha)
Built1842 (1842), 1900, 1948
ArchitectPaxton, Thomas; Carr, George Watts
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.01001187[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 28, 2001

Montrose is a historic estate and national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.