Meadowmont is a mixed-use community in Chapel Hill,

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, which contains the Meadowmont House and Meadowmont Village, among other notable locations, in addition to residential areas, shopping, and office space and has been profiled in recent years in local periodicals such as ''Chapel Hill Magazine.''

History

There was considerable controversy about the development of this community. Ground was officially broken in 1999 after 8 years of planning.

Meadowmont House

The Meadowmont House, built in 1933 by David St. Pierre DuBose and Valinda Hill DuBose, was one of the first private homes in the

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equipped with central

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. The

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style manor house consists of a -story main block with -story flanking wings connected by -story hyphens. It is a steel frame and concrete building with a brick veneer. The front facade features a two-story

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and Palladian window. Associated with the house are eight contributing buildings and three contributing structures including: the play house; pool house and pool; the vegetable garden; garage; well house; poultry house; and stable. It was listed on the

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in 1985 by the

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of the

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as a national

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. The community was subsequently named for this property. The Rizzo Conference Center of

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's Kenan-Flagler Business School, which also includes other buildings, incorporates this historic property.

Meadowmont Village

Meadowmont Village is a shopping center built and located in Meadowmont and is an example of

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architecture.

References

External links

* http://meadowmont.net/about/ * http://www.yelp.com/biz/meadowmont-village-chapel-hill * http://www.rizzoconferencecenter.com/ * http://www.visitnc.com/listing/meadowmont-village * http://www.bellapartmentliving.com/NC/Raleigh/Bell-Meadowmont/ Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina New Urbanism communities Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Georgian Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1933 Houses in Durham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Durham County, North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina {{DurhamCountyNC-NRHP-stub