Pleasant Hill/Hawkins House
Pleasant Hill/Hawkins House | |
 Pleasant Hill | |
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| Location | W of Middleburg on SR 1371, near Middleburg, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′2″N 78°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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Catherine Bishir and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "Pleasant Hill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Johnston, Francis Benjamin. "Pleasant Hill". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
Categories:
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Georgian architecture in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1855
- Houses in Vance County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Vance County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs