NRHP Reference # 01001187 Added to NRHP 28 October 2001 | Area 25 ha | |
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Location 320 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough, North Carolina Built 1842 (1842), 1900, 1948 Architect Paxton, Thomas; Carr, George Watts Architectural style Colonial Revival, Federal | ||
Montrose is a historic estate and national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The main house was built about 1900 and remodeled in 1948. It is a two-story, three bay, double-pile frame dwelling with a high-hip, slate-covered roof, and flanking one-story wings. It features a Colonial Revival style pedimented entrance pavilion with a swan's neck pediment. Also on the property are the contributing William Alexander Graham Law Office (1842, c. 1893) with Federal style design elements, garage (1935), kitchen (c. 1845), smokehouse (c. 1830), pump house (1948), tractor shed (1948), animal shelter (1948), barn (c. 1830-1845) and the landscaped gardens (c. 1842-1977).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.