Front Door Detail
First Baptist Church (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front Door Detail
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Doors
Entrances
- Original Format:
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Black and white silver print
- Extent:
- 8 x 10”
- Item identifier:
- aam_DE03500_0002
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
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