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Richard H. Jenrette

Richard Jenrette, a UNC graduate and Wall Street financier, bought Ayr Mount in Hillsborough in 1985 and paid for its restoration, staying there while he served on the UNC Board of Trustees. His Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, formed in 1993, came to own land around Ayr Mount including Poet's Walk and the Occoneechee Speedway.

Source: News of Orange County: Former owner of Ayr Mount passes away (Charlie Pogacar, Apr 28, 2018)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services photographs, 1976-2003.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services · 1976

Photographs produced by the Photographic Services unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library between 1976 and 2003, about 2,500 items in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. Includes a run of copy negatives, 1977 to 2006. Subjects include William Aycock, Doris Betts, Reynolds Price, Dean Smith, William S. Powell and Hugh Morton.

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  1. Richard Jenrette buys Ayr Mount Richard H. Jenrette bought Ayr Mount, the 1815 Kirkland house outside Hillsborough, from the Kirkland family and paid for its restoration, hiring specialists to find its original paint colors and decor. It was the only house he bought in North Carolina.Search the index · Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation: Ayr Mount
  2. Jenrette founds the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust with Ayr Mount Richard Jenrette founded the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust with his gift of Ayr Mount, which became the first of his houses opened to the public. The trust, later renamed the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, came to own land around Ayr Mount including Poet's Walk and the Occoneechee Speedway site.Search the index · Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation: About
  3. Jenrette's preservation trust buys the Occoneechee Speedway site Preservation North Carolina, which had bought the old speedway from France Staley, LLC in June 1997, sold it to the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust under protective deed restrictions.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register nomination, Occoneechee Speedway (OR1542, 2002)

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  • Ayr Mount Houses, farms, parks and cemeteries · Hillsborough · 2 events here
  • Occoneechee Speedway Businesses, mills and venues · Hillsborough · 2 events here

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