Longitudinal section and Details
First Baptist Church (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Longitudinal section and Details
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Church buildings
- Original Format:
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Tracing paper, ink
- Extent:
- 12.25 x 20.75”
- Item identifier:
- aam_DE00200_0004
- Genre:
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Detail drawings
Sectional elevations
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism: “Beaux Arts to Modernism: Early Twentieth Century Architecture in North Carolina” was an LSTA-grant funded project to digitize architectural drawings and photographs documenting historic buildings in North Carolina. Architects represented in the project include Brown and Alexander Architect Engineering (née Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed); Martin E. Boyer; Eric G. Flannagan; Northup & O'Brien; Herbert Woodley Simpson, Louis Asbury; Leslie Boney; Charles Parker; Richard Sharp Smith; Douglas Ellington, and William H. Deitrick. The project was a partnership of the NC State University Libraries, the State Archives of North Carolina, the UNC Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library, and the Asheville Art Museum.
Source information
- Repository:
- Asheville Art Museum
- Collection:
- Douglas Ellington Collection (aam_DE) held by Asheville Art Museum
- 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 Asheville Art Museum.
- 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: First Baptist Church (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 5 Oak Street
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28801
- Architectural note:
- The church was Douglas Ellington's first design in Asheville. Ellington used a color palette based on the green of weathered copper, which was accentuated by the red, terracotta, and pink in the tiles and walls.
- Historical note:
- The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Church buildings
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.597371, -82.547288
- External Resources:
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First Baptist Church of Asheville: History