NRHP Reference # 01001071 Added to NRHP 27 March 2002 | Area 89 ha | |
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Location 1309-1311 Horse Cove Rd., 7,215,225,369,455 and 172-176,200,462 Bowery Rd., and 375-471 Upper Lake Rd., Highlands, North Carolina | ||
The Playmore-Bowery Road Historic District is a residential historic district composed of a collection of summer resort houses in the hills east of Highlands, North Carolina. The principal estate in the area, called Playmore, was established by the Ravenel family in 1879-80; it is situated on 140 acres (57 ha) south of Horse Cove Road. Bowery Road roughly parallels Horse Cove Road to the north, and is lined with a series of wood-frame summer that were built between about 1880 and 1930.
The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
References
Playmore-Bowery Road Historic District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA