Spring Hill | |
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Location | 705 Barbour Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°46′21″N 78°40′00″W / 35.77250°N 78.66667°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | c. 1816 | -1820, 1908
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian vernacular |
NRHP reference No. | 83004003 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 29, 1983 |
Spring Hill, also known as the Theophilus Hunter House, is a historic plantation house located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1816 and 1820, and is a two-story rectangular Georgian-style frame house with one-story rear wing. It was renovated in 1908 in the Colonial Revival style. It was renovated again in the 1960s. The house stands on the grounds of the now-closed Dorothea Dix Hospital and was occupied by members of its staff. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
The house has served as the North Carolina Japan Center at North Carolina State University since June 2001. [3]