Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)

	Montrose
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Montrose, March 2007
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Location	320 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°WCoordinates: 36°04′41″N 79°08′36″W / 36.07806°N 79.14333°W
Area	61 acres (25 ha)
Built	1842, 1900, 1948
Architect	Paxton, Thomas; Carr, George Watts
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	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).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Patricia S. Dickinson and Michael T. Southern (August 2001). "Montrose" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Patricia S. Dickinson and Michael T. Southern (August 2001). "Montrose" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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