Dodd-Hinsdale House
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The Dodd-Hinsdale House was built in 1879 at 330 Hillsborough Street for Raleigh Mayor William H. Dodd. It is a brick house with, bracket
ed eaves, narrow segmented arch
windows, porches, and carved millwork which are all characteristic of the Italianate style. The shallow gable roof is a likewise Italianate feature, but the tower with concave mansard roof
and ornate dormer
s is distinctly Second Empire in style. Despite the mix of features, Viginia and Lee McAlester classified the house simply as Italianate with an unncommon mansard roofed. The design is very similar to an 1875 wood house at 304 Oakwood Avenue
which was constructed by the same builder. The structure is a survivng example of the luxurious and prestigious houses built on Hillsborough Street in the late 19th century, many of which have since been replaced by modern commercial buildings.
In 1890 Dodd sold the house to John W. Hinsdale. The house was kept in the Hinsdale family until 1971. For a couple decades the fate of the house was uncertain despite its 1971 listing on the National Register of Historic Places
as Raleigh Historic Property
. At the end of the 1980s, the owners attempted to renovate the house but failed to complete it leaving the house vacant and partially gutted. In 1997, it was bought by a private company and turned into a restaurant named "Second Empire" giving recognition to its past and architectural design.
Bracket
Brackets are tall punctuation marks used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. In the United States, "bracket" usually refers specifically to the "square" or "box" type.-List of types:...
ed eaves, narrow segmented arch
Segmented arch
Segmented arch can mean:*Arch bridge, a type of bridge having one or more arches.*Segmental arch, in architecture, a type of arch that is struck from one or more centers below the springer, resulting in an arch that is less than a semicircle. See arch...
windows, porches, and carved millwork which are all characteristic of the Italianate style. The shallow gable roof is a likewise Italianate feature, but the tower with concave mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
and ornate dormer
Dormer
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...
s is distinctly Second Empire in style. Despite the mix of features, Viginia and Lee McAlester classified the house simply as Italianate with an unncommon mansard roofed. The design is very similar to an 1875 wood house at 304 Oakwood Avenue
Historic Oakwood
Historic Oakwood is a neighborhood in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places, and known for its Historic Oakwood Cemetery, its many Victorian houses and its location close to the Mordecai Plantation Manor...
which was constructed by the same builder. The structure is a survivng example of the luxurious and prestigious houses built on Hillsborough Street in the late 19th century, many of which have since been replaced by modern commercial buildings.
In 1890 Dodd sold the house to John W. Hinsdale. The house was kept in the Hinsdale family until 1971. For a couple decades the fate of the house was uncertain despite its 1971 listing on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as Raleigh Historic Property
National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.-See...
. At the end of the 1980s, the owners attempted to renovate the house but failed to complete it leaving the house vacant and partially gutted. In 1997, it was bought by a private company and turned into a restaurant named "Second Empire" giving recognition to its past and architectural design.
Sources
- Harris, Linda L., et al., An Architectural and Historical Inventory of Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh: City of Raleigh Planning Department and The Raleigh Historic Properties Commission, 1978.
- Raleigh: A Capital City A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary- Dodd-Hinsdale House