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Boxwood Lodge

Boxwood Lodge
Boxwood Lodge is located in North Carolina
Boxwood Lodge
Boxwood Lodge is located in the US
Boxwood Lodge
Location 132 Becktown Rd., near Mocksville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°48′46″N 80°30′45″W / 35.81278°N 80.51250°W / 35.81278; -80.51250Coordinates: 35°48′46″N 80°30′45″W / 35.81278°N 80.51250°W / 35.81278; -80.51250
Area 51 acres (21 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architect Delano & Aldrich
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 95000673
Added to NRHP June 2, 1995

Boxwood Lodge is a historic hunting retreat and national historic district located near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 8 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures on a rural estate including a manor house. It was developed between 1911 and 1931 by William Rabb Craig (1870-1931), a wealthy cotton and sugar broker. The manor house was built between 1933 and 1934, and is a two-story, "H"-plan, brick Colonial Revival dwelling designed by the noted architectural firm Delano & Aldrich. Other notable resources include the grounds of Boxwood Lodge, greenhouse (c. 1940), log cabin (1932-1933, 1940s), great barn (1910s), feed / grain house (c. 1940), and entrance piers (1934).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.



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