Lucas Mansion
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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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. Local tradition says the house was enlarged twice by raising the existing floor and building a new floor beneath or between the existing floors. The house roughly follows a cruciform plan, though the plan varies from floor to floor. It was owned by James Paul Lucas, a South Carolina native and international diamond merchant.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
In 1981, Eileen Sharpe and R.Y Sharpe purchased the mansion and established the Hiddenite Center.[3] 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.[4]
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