Matthews Place

Matthews Place
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Southeast of Hollister, near Hollister, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°14′07″N77°53′37″W / 36.23528°N 77.89361°W / 36.23528; -77.89361
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	c. 1800 (1800), c. 1847
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.	74001352 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 11, 1974

Matthews Place, also known as Ivey Hill, is a historic plantation house located near Hollister, Halifax County, North Carolina. It consists of two houses: a two-story, three-bay, Georgian-style frame dwelling dated to about 1800, attached to a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling added about 1847. The houses are set a right angles to the other. The older house has a single-shoulder brick chimney. The Greek Revival house features a pedimented front entrance porch with simple fluted Doric order columns. ^[2]

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1974). "Matthews Place" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.