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| Location | Roughly bounded by Dorothea Dr., Lake Wheeler Rd. and the Norfolk Southern RR tracks,Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′6″N78°39′15″W / 35.76833°N 78.65417°W /35.76833; -78.65417 |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Davis, A.J.; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Stick/Eastlake |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001638[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 07, 1990 |
Dix Hill is the informal name for a high, rolling expanse of land and nationalhistoric district located atRaleigh, North Carolina. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures. It includes notable examples ofColonial Revival,Bungalow /American Craftsman, andStick Style /Eastlake movement architecture. TheDorothea Dix Hospital, a historic institution caring for the mentally ill, was located on the site. Many of the hospital buildings, developed between about 1856 and 1940, are still there.[2][3] The Dix Hill Historic District is now part of Raleigh's 308-acreDix Park.[4]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
Dix Hill is referred to inDavid Sedaris's novelNaked. It also appears inJames Hurst's short story "The Scarlet Ibis" (first published July 1960 inThe Atlantic Monthly).
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