Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Hippol Castle, headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul
34°54′47″N 79°02′24″W / 34.91306°N 79.04000°W / 34.91306; -79.04000
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1924 (1924)
Architect	Atwood, Thomas C.; Barber, Mr.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	93000807^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1993

Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina.^[2] The district encompasses 42 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Chapel Hill. The district developed after 1924 as faculty housing and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. The acreage was sold for development by the Order of Gimghoul to fund the construction of neighboring Hippol Castle.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Historic Districts in Chapel Hill | Town of Chapel Hill, NC". www.townofchapelhill.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ M. Ruth Little (February 1993). "Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.