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Montfort Hall | |
 Montfort Hall, operating as Heights House Hotel & Venue in 2024. | |
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| Location | 308 Boylan Ave., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′34.82″N 78°39′3.99″W / 35.7763389°N 78.6511083°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1858 |
| Built by | Briggs & Dobb |
| Architect | William Percival |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001979[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 8, 1978 |
Montfort Hall is a civil-war era mansion, registered historic landmark located in the Boylan Heights[2] neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of the few mansions in Raleigh that survived the American Civil War. The house was built for William Montfort Boylan Jr. in 1858 and is an example of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Montford Hall,[3] and was designated as a Raleigh Historic Landmark in 1968 as Boylan Manson.[4] The building was developed into a 10-room boutique inn in 2020. It now operates as Heights House.[5]
Achutetual Signifients
[edit]The centerpiece of the house's interior is a rotunda supported by four Corinthian columns and lit by a stained glass window located on the roof.
Early History
[edit]In 1818 William M. Boylan Sr. purchased 197 acres of land for $3,000,[6] including the main house of Wakefield Plantation, formerly owned by Raleigh and Wake County founding father Joel Lane.[7] Boylan was a prominent businessman, playing a role in a early Raleigh Railroad and Newspapers.[8]
Boylan Sr. raised his family and ran his vast holdings from Joel Lane's former house. In addition to Wakefield, the senior Boylan owned plantations in neighboring Johnston and Chatham counties and in Mississippi.[9]
In 1855 Boylan deeded his son William 100 acres (0.40 km2) of Wakefield land.
William Montfort Boylan chose William Percival to design his home in 1858. In addition to designing Montfort Hall, some of Percival's work included renovations to the State Capitol and designing the New East and New West dormitories at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. William Montfort Boylan died in 1899. In 1907 the former plantation land around Montfort Hall was sold and subdivided as Boylan Heights, one of Raleigh's first planned suburban neighborhoods. Since then, Montfort Hall has passed through a succession of owners, but the building still retains much of its original character.[10]
Heights House
[edit]Montfort Hall was bought in June 2018 by Jeff and Sarah Shepherd.[11] Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova, founders of Imangi Studios, helped to fund the project.[12] The property will be converted into a 10-room boutique inn.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Historic Boylan Heights Neighborhood". Boylanheights.org. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Mary Ann Lee (n.d.). "Montford Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- ^ "The Boylan Mansion (Montfort Hall) Landmark Ordinance" (PDF). Raleighnc.gov. The City of Raleigh. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "House House Website". Heights House. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Deed recorded 4/16/1818 between William Boylan & Thomas Henderson Book 2 Page 100". Wake County Register of Deeds.
- ^ "Joel Lane, Raleigh's "Founding Father"". North Carolina History Project.
- ^ title=The Boylan Mansion (Montfort Hall) Landmark Ordinance
- ^ "NCPedia William Boylan". NCPedia. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "National Park Service, retrieved on March 16, 2008". Nps.gov. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Johnson, Anna (March 6, 2019). "Pre-Civil War mansion near downtown Raleigh one step closer to becoming boutique inn". The Herald Sun. Retrieved April 9, 2020.