J. L. Villalonga House
John L. Villalonga was president and treasurer of the Charlotte Roof and Paving Company. The house was built in 1900 in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte. The public was urged to visit the house, "The Charlotte Daily Observer of March 4, 1901, urged the public to visit the J. H. Wearn Co. for purposes of viewing and appreciating the "quartered oak doors" which Mr. George W. Farrington had made "for the new house of Mr. J. L. Villalonga." (1) The Villalongas only lived there for a short period, moving out in 1903 to move to New York. It was purchased by Robert O. Alexander, which is why the house is sometimes referred to as the Villalonga-Alexander House.
The architecture featured Hook's colonial-revival style. "The Colonial Revival style two and one-half story frame house has an unusually wide classical front porch which extends on the west side as a porte-cochere and on the right side as a balancing side porch. The well-preserved site contains a formally landscaped lawn, divided by a low rusticated granite retaining wall with granite cornerposts." (2) The house is considered one of Hook's most famous buildings and one of his most beautiful. It remains the largest remaining private residence in the early suburb of Dilworth.
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1. "The Villalonga-Alexander House," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, Accessed December 2, 2012. http://www.cmhpf.org.
2. Ibid.