Ingleside (Iron Station, North Carolina)

Ingleside
Ingleside, HABS Photo, April 1940
LocationS of jct. of NC 73 and SR 1383, near Iron Station, North Carolina
Coordinates35°27′49″N 81°2′39″W / 35.46361°N 81.04417°W / 35.46361; -81.04417
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1817 (1817)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.72000967[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1972

Ingleside is a historic house located near Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. Ingleside is a Classical Revival structure built in or around 1817. The building is notable for its refined architectural composition and its early use of classical forms associated with the emergence of professional architectural practice in the United States during the early nineteenth century. Recent scholarship strongly suggests that Ingleside was designed by Ithiel Town, one of the most influential American architects of the Early Republic. [2] The design of Ingleside has been identified as drawing in part from Villa Chiericati, a mid-sixteenth-century villa designed by Andrea Palladio. Comparative analysis points to similarities in overall massing and proportional relationships, reflecting the transmission of Palladian design principles into early American domestic architecture. Its brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. The front facade features a pedimented portico supported by four Ionic order stuccoed brick columns. It was built by Congressman Daniel Munroe Forney, son of Congressman Peter Forney.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Saunders, Darryl T. "The Last of the Romans: Neo-Palladian Influences in America during the Era of Good Feelings, 1815–1825". Palladiana. Center for Palladian Studies in America. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
    Scholarly article examining Neo-Palladian architectural influences in the United States during the post-War of 1812 period.
  3. ^ John B. Wells, III (November 1971). "Ingleside" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.