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Nancy Goodwin

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  1. Nancy and Craufurd Goodwin acquire Montrose Nancy and Craufurd Goodwin have owned and lived at Montrose since 1986. A greenhouse, lath house and pineapple-topped entrance gate on St. Mary's Road date from about 1987, and the gardens behind the house are theirs.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 320 St. Mary's Road, Montrose

Indexed works

Works about or by Nancy Goodwin. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.

A Year in Our Gardens

Goodwin, Nancy Sanders ; Lacy, Allen · 2001 · University of North Carolina Press

A year of letters exchanged between two gardeners, Nancy Goodwin at Montrose, her garden and nursery in Hillsborough, and Allen Lacy (1935-2015) in New Jersey, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2001. 208 pages with illustrations.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Goodwin, Nancy -- Correspondence.

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  • Montrose Houses, farms, parks and cemeteries · Hillsborough · 1 event here

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