Spring Hill (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Spring Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	705 Barbour Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°46′21″N78°40′00″W / 35.77250°N 78.66667°W / 35.77250; -78.66667
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	c. 1816 (1816)-1820, 1908
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.	83004003 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 29, 1983

Spring Hill, also known as the Theophilus Hunter House, is a historic plantation house located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1816 and 1820, and is a two-story rectangular Georgian-style frame house with one-story rear wing. It was renovated in 1908 in the Colonial Revival style. It was renovated again in the 1960s. The house stands on the grounds of the now-closed Dorothea Dix Hospital and was occupied by members of its staff. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

The house has served as the North Carolina Japan Center at North Carolina State University since June 2001. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Marjorie L. O'Rorke (March 1983). "Spring Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
3. "Spring Hill House". North Carolina State University.