Blandwood Mansion, originally built as a four room Federal style farmhouse in 1795, is the restored home of two-term North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead (1841-1844) in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. It is believed to be the oldest extant example of the Italian Villa Style of architecture in the United States. In creating the design at Blandwood, Davis produced a popular prototype for American house designs in the Italianate style: a central tower projecting from the main facade.