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Clover Hill si ts on a pl.e ascmt knoll ave a r:ich farming section at the foot of the Appalc.chian fJTountains 0 Approached by a SliJeeping dri VB vIThich circles h8~n'Jay around the hill in its climb to the house, Clover Hill is first S88D from the southr.'T8st side and rear~ On tLr-j grounds arotmd the house aX'e a large circular brick barn built about 1900 and a b 1ro-pen log barn ~Ti th \iTAll-preserv8cl I13.lf·-do'iJeta.iled corrF')I' ~

Directly behind the mai.n house are two rectangular, one-·s brick service I buildings se t perpendicular to the back the m,-~in house;; as HAll as assort,· ed frame s"t-'cuctures of' various ages and uses

The two-story main house rests on a raised basement and has a hip roof above a wide cornice The structurEI is built of brick lclicJ. in Fl f3rrd.sh be'd on the front and southwest sides and common bond on thg other trl,TO. The center-hall plan is tr,1]"O rooms deep and is fi V'8 bays "'lide and three deep Each opening (except those on the first floor of the rear faca.de) has a narrow flat lintel spanning the width of the opening \jlTi th a :roundel COrEeI' block at each end extending beyond the 1JITidth The first-floor sash is nin::J ~ over-nine and the second floor is six-over--six

The central entra.nce consists of ':1 double doo·':'~IT.i th fonr r;:li~F~d

in each leaf" flanked by engaged Ionie colc)nll'3ttes \Ihi(:h in t;,ITn by five-light sidelightso Above is a trclJ:'J.30m;> f18n!.'~r3d by the sidelights Both sidolights and trc1n~"'iOm he? 78 dr:3Iic,CLte applied around the edges of each light" An C:lngag21d Ionic (~OIOn(kJttl~l

each of the sicl.81ights froiT! the br=i_ck ii'T8~J" ~I'h8 colon:J.I::;t-r~d~=;

mold8d entablature over the door \j·j'hic:h haS 3. frJ..':::z8 OI'l1clITL8,!tt-Jd:·ri.th cl foli::;~

band near its top

The three centra~ bays of the first floor, main facad·a j are tec t?d by a shed porch surmounted by an ornamental railing of turned b.'JJ_uf3terr3" Four handsome fluted Ionic columns Te sting on brick pieI's Sll,C:PO.ct the po-",cCh roof, and the porch floor (TJ1Jhich rests on a separate brick founcl.3.tlon) l"uns just inside the brick piers," The especiallY graceful balllstr9~c1e

(consisting of a rOlmded handrail and baSt:! t1ii th slender balusters b3t:,men) carries around the porch edge:1 just behind the outer 'b,TO COlUTrl_I1S.:, ending in a graceful turn into the backs of the central columns ". Acce,ss to the porch is gained by an impressive stair made of long, heavy stone blocks) the bottom one being longer than the rest and rounded on its ends

The second-floor central bay is much like the main entrance e_xcept tha tit lacks a transom and appe etrS, fronl the exterior, to be only a 1;\rindoii,T 0

It is said that the porch roof ·tva~) orig::Lnally flat but the heavy snOT1;S of this area lfTOlLld melt during the day ctnd r'Lill LIDder the door ~\ThiGh onc:e II

opened onto the porch roof fTo remedy th.1.,s problem the pl):C(~ll. TIJaS \Jen ,3~

shed roof ~Thich cuts off the turned baluster':=:: as it rises from tb,8 OUtfJ~.l"" (jet;!,I':] of the porch to the house 1;1rall A ~I{indml' 'c,ras instal1Dd ~lt the top 8 of the roof line 'Hhere the roof me t the do(')r; hO\IT8 ver, the double c101:::·1' '>Ii til I one long raised upper panel and one small ~3quar8 rai~:;ed iIi, e:=lcb 1;3ai ! remains in the sec ond floor hall ~ Each ond of the hl)V.Sd 113.0 i~.hTr-"!8 Hi ·(l.'::-l ()~lr,3 I on the first floor alld tlj,TO on th,:] second. The tl'.'..rae ':11'("] ;:;:':'!IJa:C:J.t:3d

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blind The rear facade has five eV8ruy spaced Hindm'Ts on th3 second floor a-Yld a hip roof porch aCTOS s the entire of the firs t floor ," At each corner of this porch is a square pillar The four center supports are Doric columns re sting on brick piers around thE] au tel" of the porch floor) Hhich extends only across the three centra.l bays and 1'8 semble s the front porch The balustrade is like that of the front porch" Ben'3ath the outermost bays on each end of the rear facade, steps lead c1m,rn to a basement entrance; however, the entrance at the southHe st end app83IS to be origin3.1 i;in~ile the other appears to have been altered l1'he central rear entrance is llrlc3.dorncld To the left Csouthvvest) of this door;t a v'Jinclrn,T has recen been cOI1'Ter-ced to a door.. A brick in the rem" ~ITall, Hhich can be seen from the porch) bears the name J .. B Gaines but its significance is urik:noTJlTnj hOT,~-ev8r) an.other bears that of the builder, E itT Jones~

The interior of the house features simpl8) '~ITell-dEjtaili3c1 trim typical CoL

the Greek Hevival period" The first-floor central hall is di'\-J.cJ.C1cl aO()l~t on::' third of the T;lTay back (just in front of the stair) by cl scn-J,;jn lirltL!. t;h.c3H sections, each section having one panel at the 1JottDln and luLlv'3rs in [-.he upper ~G~lO thirdsl1i The screen 1),,:JIlc31 s}1i~-j1~(1.~Lll.'~~ Je11E! fj ::{ j_~3 f.'·i.j(el~l ~'\;,ll.e~ec:p"EJ -C,[1\3

othel." tT,TO are hinged, gi \ling llrJl.ind:3red PCl..i3[:;,=:lge the hall ~,\J1:l_d i1 Up,::Cl

completely closing off the rectI' portion of thc:l h?J.I T\rh8(~ so de,si:ced., Thc~

front entrance hall formed b,T these scre8ns 112,,'] a ':riU1pls' rn.olde.d Ll2(1a.·G,.~on"

From this entrance area dooI's ~dt.h pIa.in Cll'chitl'S.iT8::=::) OTl.T),"(;E;ni':;s,J

rOllndol corner blocks and raiE"JE~ led. r8vC!:::t_~LEJ, :Lead, into th(3 t,r,)O fru t rooms These rooms have similar Greek He\rlval man tels) une' of \i,)'llich fea turi] Ionic colonnettes, and the other, Doric, Both have a tall unadorned frieze T;lJi th end blocks supporting a 'molde d cornice be!1ea th a plain, heav;y- shel£', l1'he stair rises .:liong the southwest Hall of the rear hall to a transversd landing and then 8~ong the northeast VITalI to the second-floor hall, 'l'he rounded handrail of the stair terminate s over th8 slel''.c1er) turn3 c1 neT"Tel in a. tapering volute The slender balusters, rGctangular in sec tion) lr.3ad the eye to the unusual bracks t on each tread Each of the S8 con3ists of a slender winding vine-like strip T,vi th paired bud-like projections spaced the vine

The second-·floor hall has a large full-height paneled storage unit Hhich is divided into four equal sections 1jIJi th double_, flat-pa;.'18Ied doors This appe ars to match the molding and trim used throughout the house and is said to be original to the house An enclosed stair bOfleath the -m.ain floor s tail' Ie ads to the basement which has storage and TI'Jork are Ct,'3 as ",Tell as a brick-floore d room said to have been use d originally a.s 8. (b_ning room,

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SOECIFIC O':'TE(S) (IE AppIicable art(I,';>mvn)

Abor iginal 0 Educati 011

o Prehi stork 0 Engineering

o Historic 0 Industry

0 Agriculture 0 Invention

[2:1 A rchi lecture 0 Landscapa

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0 Commerce 0 Literature

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Clover Hill is a Greek Revival tation hOLlse dist:Lnguishac1 from other house s of the mode in the area by its unusually hcmdsome Ionic porch) entrances" and i ts l;'J8Il~executed interior's It is enhanced by its id,'l11ic setting, overlooking Happy Valley aga.inst the distant ,tppaLachian Hounts.Lns 0

During the nineteenth century} the rich vp~count:ry riv3r ·\.ialJey;;-:: supported aJl. a£fluent pl.C:!)I.tation socie ty lJhich '(,ias very ITllJch in tOHcb'.'.)} i~';l

the planter class of North C;:lr'olina and had c30cial ;3nd f tif:H3thr out -the South as ~Tell A nection o£: tho Yac[«}.n R.i\;\3r Valley to as HapPY' Va;Lley early in the nitwteclIlth cerltul'Y due to t.he c relati.ons enjoyed by the inhabitcJ11tS. the ,3-:'] 'H<':lLe mtJ[n'JJI';:; elf. '~hE:::! J·J::1d

fal11ily -' ljvho ware associ.ated v,lith J m.::U1ufac ::.tnd t~_.c:::3.

In 18l~6 Colonel Edwuncl ~\To Jonss J ·30n of Gen:-jral Edxnmld Jones .:t:nd Ann, Lenoir, built Clover Hill for his bride, Sophia C. Daver1port, across the Yaclkin River from his father's houso, Pal17 lyra It I1Tas just dOv)l1 the ':"1. from For't Defiance, home of CBneral l/ITilliam IBnoir and nucleus of th~ Valley community" ~fones helped establish Yadkin Valley School in 1852 and is also remembered as co~founder' of the fir.3t cotton fae in County" FollolPring his death in 1876" Clover Bill ~'T8nt. to his son." J one s, the third generation of that name to live in Happy Valle y" this, Clover Hill passed through nUIn8:L"'OUS O\Amer,ships and le5al It is currently oli,med by Brandon Doll li~ho purchased tha property in

Clover Hill Was ci ted by Thomas lPJaterman in

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the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­

Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public L:lw

I hereby nomina te th lS property for indus ion

the National Register and certify that it has been

according to the c-iteria and procedure:> set

by the National Park SerVIce. The recommencl-::d

of significance of this nominatIon is:

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I hereby certify that this pror-erty is ~rclud~d in th~

N8tiona 1 r~egisteT,

ATTEST:

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