Spring Hill (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Spring Hill
Location 705 Barbour Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°46′21″N 78°40′34″W / 35.77250°N 78.67611°W / 35.77250; -78.67611Coordinates: 35°46′21″N 78°40′34″W / 35.77250°N 78.67611°W / 35.77250; -78.67611
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1816 (1816)-1820, 1908
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian vernacular
NRHP Reference # 83004003[1]
Added to NRHP December 29, 1983

Spring Hill, also known as the Theophilus Hunter House, is a historic plantation house located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1816 and 1820, and is a two-story rectangular Georgian-style frame house with one-story rear wing. It was renovated in 1908 in the Colonial Revival style. It was renovated again in the 1960s. The house stands on the grounds of Dorothea Dix Hospital and was occupied by members of its staff.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Marjorie L. O'Rorke (March 1983). "Spring Hill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.


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