Matthews Place
Matthews Place | |
  Location within North Carolina  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Southeast of Hollister, near Hollister, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°14′07″N 77°53′37″W / 36.23528°N 77.89361°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800, c. 1847 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001352[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 11, 1974 |
Matthews Place, also known as Ivey Hill, is a historic plantation house located near Hollister, Halifax County, North Carolina. It consists of two houses: a two-story, three-bay, Georgian-style frame dwelling dated to about 1800, attached to a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling added about 1847. The houses are set a right angles to the other. The older house has a single-shoulder brick chimney. The Greek Revival house features a pedimented front entrance porch with simple fluted Doric order columns.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1974). "Matthews Place" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
Categories:
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Georgian architecture in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1800
- Houses in Halifax County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs