Morrocroft
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Morrocroft | |
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| Location | 2525 Richardson Dr., Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°9′35″N 80°49′22″W / 35.15972°N 80.82278°WCoordinates: 35°9′35″N 80°49′22″W / 35.15972°N 80.82278°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1925-1927 |
| Architect | Lindeberg, Harrie Thomas |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 83003970[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1983 |
Morrocroft is a historic home located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Harrie T. Lindeberg and built between 1925 and 1927. It is a Colonial Revival / Tudor Revival style brick manor house. It consists of a main two story block (2 1/2 stories on the rear facade) with rambling 1 1/2-story side wings. It is characterized by picturesque massing, rhymthmic spacing of mullioned, multipaned grouped windows, and numerous multi-stack chimneys rising from steeply pitched gable roofs. It was built by North Carolina Governor and Congressman Cameron A. Morrison (1869-1953).[2]
The Morrison family owned the home until 1981.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Davyd Foard Hood, Carolina Mesrobian, Dan L. Morrill, Jerry Cross, and Michael Hill (June 1983). "Morrocroft" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ↑ Helmer, Jodi (31 May 2011). Moon Charlotte. Avalon Travel. p. 48. ISBN 1-61238-070-0.
