Ayr Mount

Ayr Mount

Ayr Mount is a Federal style plantation house located east of Hillsborough, in Orange County, North Carolina, the United States of America.

In 1799, William Kirkland (born in Ayr, Scotland) bought convert|500|acre|km2 east of Hillsborough. Circa 1815, he had a home built for himself, his wife, Margaret, and their children. The Kirkland family lived at Ayr Mount for four generations, with the last Kirkland, Mrs. Samuel (Emily) Kirkland, residing at Ayr Mount until 1985.

The property had gone through several owners prior to Kirkland's purchase of the property, the most well-known being William Few, Jr., whose father, William Few, Sr., had a house built on the property circa 1764.

Today, Ayr Mount is a publicly-accessible historic site located on convert|265|acre|km2. It is a property of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and is operated by Preservation North Carolina. Ayr Mount features guided house tours and the one-mile (1.6 km) hiking trail the "Poet's Walk."

External links

* [http://www.ayrmount.com Ayr Mount website]


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