Sunny Side (Burlington, North Carolina)

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Sunny Side
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LocationNC 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
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1871 (1871)
Architectural styleItalianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 87000457 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 2014-08-01.