Meadowmont, Historic estate and mixed-use development in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Meadowmont is a historic estate and mixed-use development with Colonial Revival architecture in Chapel Hill. The site features residential neighborhoods, walking paths, and a 1933 mansion alongside shops and dining venues.
Meadowmont House was built in 1933 by David St. Pierre DuBose and Valinda Hill DuBose, and the community takes its name from the estate. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as a national historic district. Ground for the wider mixed-use community was broken in 1999 after eight years of planning, and the Rizzo Conference Center of UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School now incorporates the historic property.
The community takes its name from the Meadowmont estate, whose 1933 Georgian Revival house was built by David St. Pierre DuBose and Valinda Hill DuBose. The house and its outbuildings — play house, pool house, vegetable garden, garage, well house, poultry house and stable — were listed as a national historic district in 1985. The property now forms part of UNC Chapel Hill's Rizzo Conference Center.
Meadowmont is a mixed-use community of housing, shops and offices, with Meadowmont Village as its shopping center. Ground was broken in 1999 after eight years of planning, so the layout is recent and walkable. The Meadowmont House, now part of UNC's Rizzo Conference Center, stands among the residential streets.
The Meadowmont House was built in 1933 for David St. Pierre DuBose and Valinda Hill DuBose and was one of the first private homes in the United States with central air conditioning. The estate also includes a playhouse, pool house, vegetable garden, garage, well house, poultry house and stable.
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