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Firleigh Farms is a historic equine and
fox hunting Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" (or "master of ho ...
estate located near
Southern Pines Southern Pines is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 12,334 as of the 2010 United States Census. History Southern Pines was founded as a winter health resort for Northeastern U ...
,
Moore County, North Carolina Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,727. Its county seat is Carthage and its largest municipality is the Village of Pinehurst. It is a border county between the Pi ...
. Firleigh was built in 1923–1924, and is a two-story,
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 archi ...
style frame dwelling. It consists of a five-bay main block and a two-story ell forming an "L"-shaped plan. It was built as a winter-season hunting box for Augustine Healy and his wife, Jeanette Reid Healy. Also on the property is a contributing three-vehicle garage/servants's quarters. It was added to 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 v ...
in 2014.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1924 Houses in Moore County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Moore County, North Carolina {{MooreCountyNC-NRHP-stub