Boxwood Lodge
Why it's listed
Boxwood Lodge is a rural estate in southeast Davie County, North Carolina, centered on a two-story brick Colonial Revival manor house completed in 1934. The house was designed by the New York firm Delano & Aldrich for Margaret Eason Cunningham Craig, widow of cotton broker William Rabb Craig, and it is built on an H plan with slate roofs and white-painted brickwork. The estate grew from a 1,500-acre hunting retreat that Craig began assembling in 1911. Its grounds include a 1910s barn, a 1933 log cabin, and extensive boxwood plantings that give the landscape its name. The property is regarded as important for its interwar country house design and for its surviving landscape, which reflects early twentieth-century social life and estate living in the Piedmont. The house is also the only known North Carolina building by its architectural firm, which adds to its importance for the study of regional estate architecture.
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| Period of significance | 1913-1941 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Acreage | 51 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Boxwood Lodge (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.