page_title: Blandwood Mansion and Gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Blandwood Mansion and Gardens
caption_attribution_description: English: This is Blandwood, the mansion of former North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead, constructed in 1795 with alterations in 1822 and 1845. The mansion is located on Washington Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and as a National Historic Landmark in 1988.
context_page_description: Blandwood Mansion is a historic house museum at 447 West Washington Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. Originally built as a four-room Federal style farmhouse in 1795, it was home to two-term North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead under whose ownership it was transformed into its present appearance. It is believed to be the oldest extant example of the Italian Villa Style of architecture in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988. In creating the design for Blandwood, architect Alexander Jackson Davis produced a popular prototype for American house designs in the Italianate style: a central tower projecting from the main facade. Saved from demolition in 1964 by preservation-minded Greensboro citizens, the house was opened as a museum in 1976 and remains open to the public today.
context_section_description: Blandwood Mansion is a historic house museum at 447 West Washington Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Originally built as a four-room Federal style farmhouse in 1795, it was home to two-term North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead (1841-1844) under whose ownership it was transformed into its present appearance. It is believed to be the oldest extant example of the Italian Villa Style of architecture in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988. In creating the design for Blandwood, architect Alexander Jackson Davis produced a popular prototype for American house designs in the Italianate style: a central tower projecting from the main facade. Saved from demolition in 1964 by preservation-minded Greensboro citizens, the house was opened as a museum in 1976 and remains open to the public today.
caption: A. J. Davis designed Tuscan Villa
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