Lucas Mansion

	Lucas Mansion
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Lucas Mansion in October, 2017
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Location	Church St., Hiddenite, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°54′25″N 81°5′30″W / 35.90694°N 81.09167°WCoordinates: 35°54′25″N 81°5′30″W / 35.90694°N 81.09167°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1900-1928
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	82001279
Added to NRHP	December 2, 1982

The Lucas Mansion, also known as the Hiddenite Center, is a historic home located at Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a three-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a two-story wraparound porch. It was enlarged to its present size by 1928. Local tradition says the house was enlarged twice by raising the existing floor and building a new floor beneath or between the existing floors. The house roughly follows a cruciform plan, though the plan varies from floor to floor. It was owned by James Paul Lucas, a South Carolina native and international diamond merchant.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

In 1981, Eileen Sharpe and R.Y Sharpe purchased the mansion and established the Hiddenite Center.^[3] The Hiddenite Center has restored the first floor of the Lucas Mansion with period furnishings and a collection of local gemstones and minerals. The second floor is used as a regional art gallery and includes a gift shop. The third floor features a large collection of dolls on display.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Jerry L. Cross and Michael T. Southern (June 1981). "Lucas Mansion" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
^ "Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center » Rich History. Bright Future". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ "Friends Of The Center". Hiddenite Center. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

External links[]

Media related to Lucas Mansion at Wikimedia Commons

Hiddenite Center website

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv-2] Jerry L. Cross and Michael T. Southern (June 1981). "Lucas Mansion" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

[3] "Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center » Rich History. Bright Future". Retrieved 2021-11-05.

[4] "Friends Of The Center". Hiddenite Center. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

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