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Plantation house in Franklin County, North Carolina This article is about the plantation house in Franklin County. For the plantation house in Hillsborough, North Carolina, see Green Hill (Hillsborough, North Carolina). United States historic place
Green Hill House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationS of Louisburg near jct. of SR 1760 and 1761, near Louisburg, North Carolina
Coordinates36°4′51″N 78°18′19″W / 36.08083°N 78.30528°W / 36.08083; -78.30528
Area9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Builtc. 1788 (1788)
Built byHill, Green
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.75001268
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1975

Green Hill House is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built prior to 1785, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Georgian style frame dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and has a rear shed extension. The house features large double-shoulder brick end chimneys. Green Hill (1741-1828) was active in the Methodist movement and his house was the scene in 1785 of the first annual conference of the newly organized Methodist Episcopal Church, attended by Bishop Francis Asbury and Bishop Thomas Coke.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Green Hill House - GCAH".
  3. John Baxton Flowers, III; Catherine W. Cockshutt (April 1975). "Green Hill House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

External links

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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