to tie into that, and not make it feel like a glass-and-steel office building. We wanted it to have some
of the language a residential building has.”
These days, homes in Autumn Hall adhere to what is called Cape Fear Heritage Architecture. The
guidelines and specifications call for “coastal Carolina vernacular architecture with such details as low
brick walls, standing seam roofs, detailed metalwork, ubiquitous porches, deep overhangs, and out-door
rooms.”
But in 2009, when Loudermilk began working with Mike Brown of development company Cape
Fear Commercial, there were few homes in Autumn Hall and those guidelines didn’t yet exist.
The building at the
gateway to Autumn
Hall takes its design
cues from the coastal
architecture at Bald
Head Island.
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