Friendly Hills, also known as Margaret Culkin Banning House, is a historic estate located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1924, and is a large, two-story, Tudor Revival style dwelling with stuccoed exterior walls decorated with hewn, half timbering. Also on the property are the contributing swimming pool (c. 1920s-1930s), log cabin used as a writing retreat by author Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) (c. 1920s-1930s), and fish pool (1920s). Ms. Banning purchased Friendly Hills in 1936 and enjoyed the property seasonally for the remainder of her life.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (December 1997). "Friendly Hills" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
