Details and second floor plan, Hezekiah Alexander House, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Alexander, Hezekiah House -- Charlotte Museum of History (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Details and second floor plan, Hezekiah Alexander House, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Description:
3 of 3
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Doors
Plantation houses
Windows
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft, 1-1/2 in. = 1 ft..; 483mm x 661mm
Item identifier:
bh004903702
Delineator:
Warren, Gene more info on Warren, Gene 
Delineator:
Pyron, Jim more info on Pyron, Jim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Location:
Charlotte (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: Alexander, Hezekiah House -- Charlotte Museum of History (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
3500 Shamrock Drive
Community:
Charlotte
State:
NC
Zip:
28215
Provenance note:
Hezekiah Alexander, a Scotch-Irish blacksmith and planter, church elder, framer of state's constitution, and Mary Sample Alexander were the first owners.
Architectural note:
The home was restored in the 1950s and 1970s.
Historical note:
The house is one of only two intact eighteenth century stone buildings in the state, and a rare example of a stone spring house survives on the property. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house now functions as the Charlotte Museum of History.
Location:
Charlotte (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina -- History
Latitude, Longitude:
35.234411, -80.766419
External Resources:
Charlotte Museum of History