Oakhurst - Oak Ridge NC
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fatcat161
N 36° 10.561 W 079° 59.042
17S E 591364 N 4003949
Located on Hwy 150 east of Oak Ridge on the edge of Oak Ridge Military Academy.
Waymark Code: WM6RME
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2009
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Oak Ridge Military Academy Historic District ** (added 1983 - District - #83001887)
NC 150 and NC 68, Oak Ridge
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Armfield,Will G., Milburn,Frank P.
Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Military, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Department Store, Educational Related Housing, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function: Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
(http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nc/Guilford/state2.html)
Oakhurst was built for Martin Hicks Holt, Co-Principal of Oak Ridge Institute, and his wife Mary. The finest Queen Anne style house surviving in all of Guilford County, it was designed by the prominent and prolific southern architect Frank P. Milburn whose distinguished building appear in most major North Carolina cities. He also designed the South Carolina State Capital building.
Thomas Eary Whitaker, a lawyer, North Carolina legislator, and professor at the school, became President of Oak Ridge Institute in 1914, and served in that capacity until his death in 1929. Thomas and his wife Ida, purchased Oakhurst in 1917, and it remained in the Whitaker family until 1981.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Oak Ridge Military Academy Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
Oak Ridge Military Academy
2317 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NC 27310
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Other (Please explain in the Private Message field)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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