Dix Hill is the informal name for a high, rolling expanse of land and national
historic district located at
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southe ...
. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures. It includes notable examples of
Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
,
Bungalow /
American Craftsman, and
Stick Style /
Eastlake movement
The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in t ...
architecture. The
Dorothea Dix Hospital, a historic institution caring for the mentally ill, was located on the site. The hospital buildings were developed between about 1856 and 1940.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1990.
Dix Hill is referred to in
David Sedaris's novel ''Naked''. It also appears in
James Hurst's short story "
The Scarlet Ibis" (first published July 1960 in ''
The Atlantic Monthly
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It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'').
References
External links
National Register Historic Districts in Raleigh, North Carolina RHDC
Dix Hill Historic District RHDC
Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Raleigh, North Carolina
Geography of Raleigh, North Carolina
American Craftsman architecture in North Carolina
Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
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