First floor plan, Bumpass-Troy House, Greensboro, North Carolina

Bumpass-Troy House (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
First floor plan, Bumpass-Troy House, Greensboro, North Carolina
Description:
2 of 10
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Greek revival (Architecture)
Houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: undetermined; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh021302101
Delineator:
Peer, Gerard Walter more info on Peer, Gerard Walter 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Location:
Greensboro (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:
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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: Bumpass-Troy House -- Francis Bumpass House (Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
114 S. Mendenhall St.
Community:
Greensboro
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Owned by Sidney and Frances Bumpass, Methodist publishers of the Weekly Messenger, first owners. The home was later occupied by the granddaughters of Sidney and Frances Bumpass.
Architectural note:
The design was directly effected by the Parthenon, a picture of which Reverend Bumpass kept hanging over his office desk. The Doric portico was added around 1911.
Historical note:
The Francis Bumpass House was designed and erected in 1847 by the Reverend Sidney Bumpass who served on the conference to choose the site for the proposed Methodist Female College, later Greensboro College, and who was one of its first trustees. During the Civil War, the house was used as the Western Greensboro headquarters for the Union Army. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Greensboro (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places