Rose Hill (Nashville, North Carolina)
Rose Hill | |
Rose Hill in November 2021 | |
| Location | N of Nashville off NC 58, near Nashville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′4″N 78°1′31″W / 36.00111°N 78.02528°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Influence |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003492[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1982 |
Rose Hill is a historic plantation house located near Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina. It consists of a late-18th or early-19th century dwelling with a Victorian addition. The earlier section comprises the 1+1⁄2-story, rear wing. The Victorian section is a basically square two-story structure, three bays wide, topped by a gable roof. The front facade features an early-20th century, two-story portico with fluted Doric order columns.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
History
Rose Hill was given in a land grant from George III to the Boddie family in 1762.[3] Nathan Boddie, one of the founders of Nash County, built a manor house on the land for his son, George Boddie, in the late 18th-century.[4] George Boddie owned the property between 1797 and 1842.[4] He left the plantation and 50 enslaved people under the direction of his second wife, Lucy Williams, until his son, Nicholas William Boddie, was of age.[4] Nicholas was likely responsible for the large Victorian additions to the manor house.[4]
The plantation consisted of the manor house, a 9,400 acre-farm, and a mill.[5] In 1790, Nathan and George Boddie enslaved forty-five people on the plantation.[4] In 1840, George Boddie enslaved eighty-two people at Rose Hill.[4] In 1860, Nicholas William Boddie enslaved twenty-seven people.[4]
Rose Hill now operates as a wedding venue and 830-acre working cattle farm, still owned by the Boddie family.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kate M. Ohno and Jerry L. Cross (September 1980). "Rose Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ a b "Boddie-Noell Enterprises Inc".
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rose Hill Plantation, Nash County, NC".
- ^ "Nathan Boddie: A Founder of Nash County". July 30, 2010.