Hill Airy

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Hill Airy
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LocationS of Stovall, near Stovall, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°24′35″N78°33′54″W / 36.40972°N 78.56500°W / 36.40972; -78.56500
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Builtc. 1841 (1841)
Built byFrancis R. Gregory
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 74001349 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1974

Hill Airy is a historic plantation house located near Stovall, Granville County, North Carolina. It was built about 1841, and is a 1+12-story, five-bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a central hall plan and exterior double shouldered end chimneys. [2] It also has a large garden on the grounds in the shape of a Maltese cross. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit (June 1974). "Hill Airy" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. "Front view, Hill Airy, Granville County, North Carolina (Hill Airy (Oxford, N.C.)) - bh0249p01 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".