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Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)

Montrose
MONTROSE, HILLSBOROUGH, ORANGE COUNTY, NC.jpg
Montrose, March 2007
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina) is located in the US
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
Location 320 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W / 36.07806; -79.14333Coordinates: 36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W / 36.07806; -79.14333
Area 61 acres (25 ha)
Built 1842 (1842), 1900, 1948
Architect Paxton, Thomas; Carr, George Watts
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 01001187
Added to NRHP October 28, 2001

Montrose is a historic estate and national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The main house was built about 1900 and remodeled in 1948. It is a two-story, three bay, double-pile frame dwelling with a high-hip, slate-covered roof, and flanking one-story wings. It features a Colonial Revival style pedimented entrance pavilion with a swan's neck pediment. Also on the property are the contributing William Alexander Graham Law Office (1842, c. 1893) with Federal style design elements, garage (1935), kitchen (c. 1845), smokehouse (c. 1830), pump house (1948), tractor shed (1948), animal shelter (1948), barn (c. 1830-1845) and the landscaped gardens (c. 1842-1977).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.



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