Sunny Side (Burlington, North Carolina)

Sunny Side
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	NC 1136, 3 miles E of jct. with NC 62, near Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°1′13″N79°28′57″W / 36.02028°N 79.48250°W / 36.02028; -79.48250
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1871 (1871)
Architectural style	Italianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	87000457 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1987

Sunny Side is a historic home located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame Italianate style dwelling with Gothic Revival style design elements. It features an ornate two-bay hip-roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing well house and smokehouse, and the remnants of the original gardens. It was built by Lawrence S. Holt, a prominent Alamance County textile mill owner and philanthropist. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Patricia S. Dickinson and Shelia Bumgarner (n.d.). "Sunny Side" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.