Second floor plan, W.B. Blades House, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina

W. B. Blades House (New Bern, N.C.)

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Title:: Second floor plan, W.B. Blades House, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Bedrooms
Roofs -- Design and construction
Servants' halls
Original Format:: Linen
Extent:: 3/32 in. = 1 ft.
Item identifier:: ncar1596-001-bx0001-004-001_0002
Genre:: Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Digital Project:: Beaux Arts to Modernism

Repository:: State Archives of North Carolina
Collection:: Herbert Woodley Simpson papers, 1888-1941 (NCAR1596) held by State Archives of North Carolina
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:: Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Archives.
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.

Architect:: Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945 more info on Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945

Provenance note:: William B. Blades (lumber magnate), first owner.
Historical note:: The home is among the state's finest combinations of Queen Anne style with Colonial Revival details by prolific local architect Herbert Woodley Simpson. On January 14, 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: New Bern (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.111114895, -77.0387721061