Rose Hill (Grassy Creek, North Carolina) Explained

Rose Hill
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:NC 1442, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.5222°N -78.6097°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 28, 1988
Refnum:88000415

Rose Hill is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1834, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival style red brick dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and a Colonial Revival style front porch added in the late-19th or early-20th century. Also on the property are the contributing garage, two frame corn cribs, four log tobacco barns, a log striphouse, a frame packhouse, and a tenant house.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon . Rose Hill. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1987. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.