Greystone (Durham, North Carolina)

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Greystone
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Greystone, September 2019
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Location618 Morehead Ave., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°59′32″N78°54′32″W / 35.99222°N 78.90889°W / 35.99222; -78.90889
Area3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectHook, Charles C.; Hook & Rodgers
Architectural styleChateauesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 82003449 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 1, 1982

Greystone, also known as the James E. Stagg House, is a historic mansion located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Charles Christian Hook and built in 1911. It is a 2+12-story, six-bay, Châteauesque style granite, limestone, and brick dwelling. It features a deep porch with porte cochere, projecting bays with conical roofs, tall chimney stacks, and a high hipped roof with numerous dormers and heavy yellow-green clay tiles. The house was divided into six apartments about 1961. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Marshall Bullock (June 1981). "Greystone" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.