Red Hill (Bullock, North Carolina)

Red Hill is a historic plantation house located near Bullock, Granville County, North Carolina. The house consists of three parts: a 1 1/2-story, two-bay gambrel-roofed Georgian style center block built about 1776; a 1 1/2-story, two-bay one-room, gable-roofed Georgian style block with transitional Federal features, built about 1807; and a very tall two-story, three-bay, transitional Federal/ Greek Revival style addition, built about 1820, style frame I-house dwelling. It has a full basement, full width front porch, and exterior brick chimneys. Across from the house is the 2 1/2-story heavy timber frame tobacco manufactory. Also on the property are the contributing wash house / striphouse, open wellhouse, smokehouse, privy, and flower house / chicken house.[2]

Red Hill
LocationNC 1501, near Bullock, North Carolina
Coordinates36°31′44″N 78°31′13″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1776 (1776), c. 1807, c. 1820
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.86001632[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1986

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patricia S. Dickinson and Cynthia A. Craig (June 1986). "Red Hill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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