Idlewild, also spelled Idlewyld, Idyllwild, Idyllwyld, Idylwild, or Idylwyld might refer to:
The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, better known as Palmer Memorial Institute, was a school for upper class African Americans. It was founded in 1902 by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown at Sedalia, North Carolina near Greensboro. Palmer Memorial Institute was named after Alice Freeman Palmer, former president of Wellesley College and benefactor of Dr. Brown.
Idlewild, also known as the Downman House, was a historic home located at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was built in 1859; a fire in April 2003 destroyed most of the interior and collapsed the roof. It was a 2+1⁄2-story, Gothic Revival-style brick dwelling with an English basement and an irregular "T" shape with a center passage plan. The house was topped by a steep slate gable roof. Also on the property at present are three contributing brick dependencies and a contributing pet cemetery. During the American Civil War, Idlewild became a prominent landmark on May 4, 1863, during battle action related to the Chancellorsville campaign. On that evening Confederate General Robert E. Lee used the house as his headquarters, after being initially occupied that day by Federal troops of the Union Sixth Corps.
The Albert Swain Bryson House, known locally as Hall of the Pines, is a historic house in Franklin, North Carolina. The 2+1⁄2-story brick and frame house occupies a prominent site on Pine Lane overlooking Main Street. It was built in the 1870s for Albert Swain Bryson, a prominent local farmer and magistrate. The house is a regionally rare example of vernacular Gothic and Italianate style, with steeply-pitched gables decorated with paired brackets, and a two-level porch with delicate sawn balustrade.
Gunston Hall, also known as Franklin Hall, is a historic estate and a national historic district located at Biltmore Forest, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. The main house was designed by architect Waddy Butler Wood and built in 1923. It is a five-part Colonial Revival style dwelling consisting of a 1+1⁄2-story main block flanked by hyphens and 1+1⁄2-story wings. The grounds were designed by noted landscape architects Chauncey Beadle and Lola Anderson Dennis. Other contributing elements are the Grounds and Garden, the Breezeway, Gazebo, Tool Shed/Potting Shed, Greenhouse, Garden Shed, and Entrance Piers and Gates (1923). The estate was built by Dr. William Beverley Mason, a great-great grandson of George Mason, who built Gunston Hall (1759).
Dr. Joseph Bennett Riddle House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1892, and is a 2-l/2-story, five bay, Queen Anne style frame house. It features a number of balconies, bay windows, and dormers. A three-story tower was added in about 1910.
Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling constructed of irregularly-coursed, rock-faced granite blocks.
Franklin D. Reinhardt and Harren–Hood Farms, also known as the Franklin D. Reinhardt Farm and Alonzo Harren Farm, is a set of two adjoining historic farms and national historic district located near Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 5 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. The Franklin D. Reinhardt House was built about 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style dwelling nearly identical to the William Pinckney Reinhardt House. Also on the property is a contributing granary. The Harren-Hood House was built about 1908, and is a two-story frame, late Victorian farmhouse. Also on the property is a contributing granary and cattle barn.
The Joseph Franklin Bland House is a historic house located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
The Andrews-Moore House is a historic plantation house located near Bunn, Franklin County, North Carolina.
Dr. J. H. Harris House is a historic home located at 312 East Mason Street in Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built between 1902 and 1904, and is a two-story, rectangular Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a tall, steep deck-an-hip roof; projecting bays, gables, dormers, and towers; and a one-story wraparound porch.
Shemuel Kearney House was a historic plantation house located near Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina, formerly at 2555 U.S. Highway 1 south of town. In 2009, the house was dismantled and moved to nearby Louisburg for restoration as the original property was recently zoned by Franklin County for commercial use. Therefore, the building had to be relocated. The Shemuel Kearney House was reconstructed next to another historic residence, the Cooke House, on Peach Orchard Road in 2015.
Dr. Samuel Perry House is a historic plantation house located near Gupton, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1857, and is a two-story, three bay, four-square Italianate / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a hipped roof. It was built by noted American carpenter and builder Jacob W. Holt (1811-1880).
Green Hill House is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built prior to 1785, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three bay, Georgian style frame dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and has a rear shed extension. The house features a large double-shoulder brick end chimneys. Green Hill (1741-1828) was active in the Methodist movement and his house was the scene in 1785 of the first annual conference of the newly organized Methodist Episcopal Church, attended by Bishop Francis Asbury and Bishop Thomas Coke.
Cascine is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The main house was built about 1850, and is a large two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling, in the manner of Jacob W. Holt, with Gothic Revival style influences. Also on the property is a small, one-story frame dwelling dated to about 1752. It was repaired and refurbished in the mid-20th century. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, frame stable, granary, carriage house, family cemetery, slave cemetery, remains of slave quarters, tenant house, six log and frame tobacco barns, grist mill complex, and archaeological sites.
Person Place, also known as Prudence Person House, is a historic home located at Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. It consists of a large two-story, three bay, Federal style main block built about 1789, with a 1+1⁄2-story, three bay Georgian wing. The front facade features a small three bay pedimented porch supported by four wooden Doric order columns. It also has two brick chimneys with concave shoulders.
Louisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 206 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 6 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in residential sections of Louisburg included in the original 1779 town plan. It also includes a section of Louisburg College located on the old Town Commons. Dwellings date between about 1800 and the 1920s and include notable examples of popular architectural styles including Federal / Georgian, Italianate / Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, and Bungalow / American Craftsman. Located in the district and separately listed are the Fuller House, Williamson House, and Main Building, Louisburg College. Other notable buildings include the Shine-King House, Milner-Perry-Boddie-Dennis House, Dr. J.B. Clifton House, The Edgerton-Pruitt House, The Furgurson-Hicks House, Nicholson-Bickett-Taylor House, The Hughes-Watson-Wheless House, Bailey-Yarborough House, The Barrow House, The Neal-Webb House, The Milner-Williams-Person Place, Former Rectory-St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hicks-Perry-Bland-Holmes House, Malcomb McKinne House First Baptist Church (1927), Louisburg United Methodist Church (1900), and Louisburg Baptist Church (1901-1904).
Dr. Franklin Hart Farm, also known as Hidden Path, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Drake, Nash County, North Carolina. It includes a collection of well-preserved mid-19th to early-20th century dwellings and farm outbuildings. The main house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three bay, single pile I-house with Federal / Greek Revival style design elements. The front facade features a two-tier portico carried by massive, unusual turned and banded columns. Also on the property are the contributing detached kitchen building, smokehouse, seven tobacco barns, corn crib, mule barn, packhouse, and seven tenant houses. The Hart family owned and farmed the land from about 1770 until 1979.
The Maple Street–Clarks Avenue Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century immigrant neighborhood of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Located northwest of the downtown area on a sloping hillside, it consists of tenements and single-family houses built for Irish and French Canadian immigrants, sometimes grouped in ways that facilitated the support of large extended families. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
