Montfort Hall in Boylan Heights is one of the few Raleigh mansions to survive the American Civil War. This registered historic landmark is one of the few mansions in the state's Capital that survived the American Civil War. An example of Italianate architecture, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Montford Hall and designated a Raleigh Historic Landmark in 1968 as Boylan Manson.
Today it welcomes guests as Heights House, a 9-room boutique inn. English architect Williams Percival came to Raleigh in 1857 to work on the First Baptist Church, completed in 1859, and over three years he drew plans for 11 different sites around the state, including North Carolina's State Capitol, Caswell County Courthouse, and The Barracks in Tarboro. Percival took direct inspiration from the State Capitol rotunda when he designed this home.
Step inside in your mind and picture the interior centerpiece: a rotunda supported by four Corinthian columns and lit by a stained glass window located on the roof. The house sits on land with deep roots — William Boylan purchased 197 acres for $3,000 in 1818, including the main house of Wakefield Plantation. The stained glass in the roof glows above you, over the surrounding Boylan Heights streets.