Built 1911 (1911)-1912 Opened 1912 Added to NRHP 30 January 1978 | NRHP Reference # 78001945 Area 8 ha | |
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Location 900 S. Duke St., Durham, North Carolina Architectural style Mission Revival architecture Similar Duke Homestead and Toba, Bennett Place, Eno River State Park, Falls Lake State Recreatio, Durham Central Park | ||
The John Sprunt Hill House is a historic house at 900 S. Duke street in Durham, North Carolina, in the Morehead Hill Historic District. Built in 1911-1912, it was the home of John Sprunt Hill (1869–1961) and his wife Annie Watts Hill (died 1940), daughter of George Washington Watts, co-founder of the American Tobacco Company.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Hill bequeathed the Spanish Colonial Revival mansion to a foundation created in memory of his wife. The Annie Watts Hill Foundation was created to support non-sectarian, non-political female organizations. As of 2008, the Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties makes its home here, although it is open to any group meeting the aforementioned criteria.
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