Pleasant Hill/Hawkins House | |
![]() Pleasant Hill | |
Location | W of Middleburg on SR 1371, near Middleburg, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°24′2″N78°20′34″W / 36.40056°N 78.34278°W |
Area | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
Built | 1759 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 79001758 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 19, 1979 |
Pleasant Hill, also known as Rivenoak and Hawkins House, is a historic plantation house located near Middleburg, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1759 and remodeled in the 1850s in the Greek Revival style. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, Georgian double pile plan frame dwelling. It has a moderately steep gable roof with dormers and double-shoulder brick chimneys. The original dwelling was probably built by Philemon Hawkins, Jr., and birthplace of Governor William Hawkins (1777-1819). [2] [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
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