Norris-Holland-Hare House

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Norris-Holland-Hare House
General information
StatusPrivate residence
Type farmhouse
Architectural style Federal
Location2329 Avent Ferry Road
Holly Springs, North Carolina, U.S.
Completed1805

The Norris-Holland-Hare House is a historic Federal style farm house in Holly Springs, North Carolina. It is the oldest building in the town of Holly Springs. The house was used as a field hospital by the Union Army following the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War.

History

The Norris-Holland-Hare House was built around 1805 by Needham Norris, a Baptist minister and the son of American Revolutionary War veteran Pvt. John Norris Jr. [1] [2] Needham Norris was the grandfather of the Raleigh socialite Cornelia Alice Norris. The house was constructed on a portion of a land grant given to John Norris Jr. [3] Built in the Federal style, the house features wood sash windows, plain weatherboards, stone foundation piers, and Flemish bond brick chimneys. [4] Norris bequeathed the house and farm to his nephew, Simpson Washington Holland. [2]

In September 1864, Holland traveled to Virginia to search for his brother, a Confederate soldier fighting in the American Civil War. [2] Holland died two months later, without having returned home. [2] The widowed Mary Ann Matthews Holland was left to care for their young children. [2]

In April 1865, after the Battle of Bentonville, an encampment of Union soldiers encircled the house. [2] [3] The family lived upstairs while the soldiers occupied the first floor as a field hospital. [2] [5]

The home later passed to the Hare family, descendants of the Hollands, who owned it until 2004. [3]

In 2017, the town purchased the 1,904-square-foot house to save it from demolition, with plans to sell it with preservation requirements. [2] The home was purchased by a family later that year.

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References

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