page_title: Lucas Mansion
hierarchical_section_title: Lucas Mansion
caption_attribution_description: English: Lucas Mansion - today known as the Hiddenite Center. On the National Register of Historic Places in Hiddenite, North Carolina
context_page_description: The Lucas Mansion, also known as the Hiddenite Center, is a historic home located at Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a three-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a two-story wraparound porch. It was enlarged to its present size by 1928. It was owned by James Paul Lucas, a South Carolina native and international diamond merchant.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
  The Hiddenite Center has restored the first floor of the Lucas Mansion with period furnishings and a collection of local gemstones and minerals. The second floor is used as a regional art gallery and includes a gift shop. The third floor features a large collection of dolls on display.
context_section_description: The Lucas Mansion, also known as the Hiddenite Center, is a historic home located at Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a three-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling.  It features a two-story wraparound porch. It was enlarged to its present size by 1928. It was owned by James Paul Lucas, a South Carolina native and international diamond merchant.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
  The Hiddenite Center has restored the first floor of the Lucas Mansion with period furnishings and a collection of local gemstones and minerals.  The second floor is used as a regional art gallery and includes a gift shop.  The third floor features a large collection of dolls on display.
caption: The Lucas Mansion in October, 2017
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "2560", "Image ImageLength": "1920", "Image Make": "SAMSUNG", "Image Model": "SGH-I847", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "I847UCLH4", "Image DateTime": "2017:10:14 16:14:13", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "234", "Image DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "Thumbnail ImageWidth": "4294967295", "Thumbnail ImageLength": "4294967295", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "814", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "43002", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/205", "EXIF FNumber": "53/20", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "50", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2017:10:14 16:14:13", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2017:10:14 16:14:13", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "1/205", "EXIF ApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "139/50", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2560", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1920", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}