Montrose is a historic estate and national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Hillsborough,

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. The main house was built about 1900 and remodeled in 1948. It is a two-story, three bay, double-pile frame dwelling with a high-hip, slate-covered roof, and flanking one-story wings. It features a

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 pedimented entrance pavilion with a swan's neck pediment. Also on the property are the contributing William Alexander Graham Law Office (1842, c. 1893) with

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style design elements, garage (1935), kitchen (c. 1845),

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(c. 1830), pump house (1948), tractor shed (1948), animal shelter (1948), barn (c. 1830-1845) and the landscaped gardens (c. 1842-1977). It was listed on the

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in 2001. It is located in the

Hillsborough Historic District Hillsborough Historic District is a national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 529 contributing buildings, 9 contributing sites, 13 contributing structures, and 2 contributing obj ...

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1900 Hillsborough, North Carolina Buildings and structures in Orange County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{OrangeCountyNC-NRHP-stub