Sunny Side (Burlington, North Carolina) Explained

Sunny Side
Location:NC 1136, 3 miles E of jct. with NC 62, near Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.0203°N -79.4825°W
Architecture:Italianate, Gothic Revival
Added:March 23, 1987
Refnum:87000457

Sunny Side is a historic home located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame Italianate style dwelling with Gothic Revival style design elements. It features an ornate two-bay hip-roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing well house and smokehouse, and the remnants of the original gardens. It was built by Lawrence S. Holt, a prominent Alamance County textile mill owner and philanthropist.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia S. Dickinson and Shelia Bumgarner . Sunny Side. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.