Meadowmont
Why it's listed
Meadowmont is a Georgian Revival manor house and farm seat set on a hilltop above the meadows of Little Creek, near Chapel Hill. Built in 1933 for David St. Pierre DuBose and his wife Valinda Hill, it replaced a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century house whose stone foundations remain nearby. The brick house, designed by the Baltimore architects Herbert Crisp and James Edmunds Jr., recalls the plantation houses of colonial Virginia and Maryland. Its west front has a two-story columned portico, while the east entrance copies the doorway of the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis. One-and-a-half story wings modeled on the Adam Thoroughgood House flank the main block. Interiors feature marble floors, paneled rooms and Federal Revival mantels. The 27.752-acre tract also holds a brick-walled garden, a vegetable garden with a smokehouse and pony house, a garage, stable, well house, poultry house, pool and tennis court, most contemporary with the house. Complete drawings and specifications survive.
Significance in brief: The surviving text emphasizes the house's architectural quality as a Georgian Revival country seat modeled on eighteenth-century Virginia and Maryland plantation houses. It was designed by Baltimore architects, with complete drawings and specifications surviving, and sits within a carefully composed landscape of gardens and farm buildings. The significance statement itself is truncated in the provided text.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 85001554, listed July 11, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Off NC 54, Chapel Hill |
|---|---|
| County | Durham County |
| Listed | July 11, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85001554 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architect / builder | Herbert G. Crisp & James R. Edmunds, Jr., known as the Office of Jos. Evans Sperry, Architects, Baltimore, Maryland; mechanical plans by Henry Adams, Inc., Consulting Engineers |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| Areas of significance | Landscape Architecture, Commerce, Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Described as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used as a private residence. |
| Acreage | 27 |
| Coordinates | 35.91120, -79.00511 (NPS GIS) |
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.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 85001554.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18155279
- This listing as JSON
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