Friendly Hills (Tryon, North Carolina)


Friendly Hills
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	140 Country Club Rd., near Tryon, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°13′13″N 82°15′1″W / 35.22028°N 82.25028°W / 35.22028; -82.25028Coordinates: 35°13′13″N 82°15′1″W / 35.22028°N 82.25028°W / 35.22028; -82.25028
Built	1924
Architect	Gaines, Wright J.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	98000731^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1998

Friendly Hills, also known as Margaret Culkin Banning House, is a historic estate located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1924, and is a large, two-story, Tudor Revival style dwelling with stuccoed exterior walls decorated with hewn, half timbering. Also on the property are the contributing swimming pool (c. 1920s-1930s), log cabin sed as a writing retreat by author Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) (c. 1920s-1930s), and fish pool (1920s). Ms. Banning purchased Friendly Hills in 1936 and enjoyed the property seasonally for the remainder of her life.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (December 1997). "Friendly Hills" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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