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The MacLeod–Rice House, also known as Croydon Hall, is located at 900 Leonardville Road in the
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in
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, United States. The historic
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house was added to the
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on December 3, 2018, for its significance in architecture. With accompanying 30 photos. Donald W. MacLeod had the T. Burdge homestead converted to feature
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by architect L. Jerome Aimar in 1894. Architect Thomas Emery designed a library addition in 1901. After MacLeod's death in 1901, Melvin A. Rice married his widow. Rice had the house design changed to feature
Colonial Revival style 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 ...
by architect Ernest A. Arend in 1915. A large, two-story curved portico was added. In the 1940s, it was used as a school, and known as the Croydon Hall Academy.


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