Boxwood Lodge

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Boxwood Lodge
Boxwood Lodge is located in North Carolina
Boxwood Lodge
Location132 Becktown Rd., near Mocksville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°48′46″N 80°30′45″W / 35.81278°N 80.51250°W / 35.81278; -80.51250Coordinates: 35°48′46″N 80°30′45″W / 35.81278°N 80.51250°W / 35.81278; -80.51250
Area51 acres (21 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectDelano & Aldrich
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.95000673[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1995

Boxwood Lodge is a historic hunting retreat and national historic district located near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 8 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures on a rural estate including a manor house. It was developed between 1911 and 1931 by William Rabb Craig (1870-1931), a wealthy cotton and sugar broker. The manor house was built between 1933 and 1934, and is a two-story, "H"-plan, brick Colonial Revival dwelling designed by the architectural firm Delano & Aldrich. Other notable resources include the grounds of Boxwood Lodge, greenhouse (c. 1940), log cabin (1932-1933, 1940s), great barn (1910s), feed / grain house (c. 1940), and entrance piers (1934).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foerd Hood (February 1995). "Boxwood Lodge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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