Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina)

Wood Lawn
Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina)
Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina)
LocationSR 1138, near Mount Mourne, North Carolina
Coordinates35°31′5″N 80°50′5″W / 35.51806°N 80.83472°W / 35.51806; -80.83472
Area14.3 acres (5.8 ha)
Built1836 (1836)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPSIredell County MRA
NRHP reference No.80002866[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

Wood Lawn, also known as Woodlawn, is a plantation house built in 1836 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located near Mount Mourne, Iredell County, North Carolina 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Davidson, North Carolina, the house was built about 1840 and is an example of the Federal-Greek Revival style of architecture often built in the Piedmont area during this period. The house was built by Dr. George Washington Stinson, one of the first trustees of Davidson College, which was founded in 1837.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Wood Lawn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.