Boxwood Lodge

{{short description|Historic house in North Carolina, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Boxwood Estate

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

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| location = 132 Becktown Rd., near Mocksville, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|48|46|N|80|30|45|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1913}}

| architect = Delano & Aldrich

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman

| added = June 2, 1995

| area = {{convert|51|acre}}

| refnum = 95000673{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Boxwood Estate is a historic hunting retreat and national historic district located near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 8 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures on a rural estate including a manor house. It was developed between 1911 and 1931 by William Rabb Craig (1870-1931), a wealthy cotton and sugar broker. The manor house was built between 1933 and 1934, and is a two-story, "H"-plan, brick Colonial Revival dwelling designed by the architectural firm Delano & Aldrich. Other notable resources include the grounds of Boxwood Lodge, greenhouse (c. 1940), log cabin (1932-1933, 1940s), great barn (1910s), feed / grain house (c. 1940), and entrance piers (1934).{{Cite web | author = Davyd Foerd Hood | title =Boxwood Lodge| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = February 1995| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/DE0694.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-10-01}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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