A Gymnasium for Mars Hill College

Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, N.C.)

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Title:: A Gymnasium for Mars Hill College
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: College buildings -- North Carolina -- History
Gymnasiums
Original Format:: Microforms
Extent:: 12 1/8 x 21 7/8
Item identifier:: aam_RS0168_0001
Architect:: Smith and Carrier more info on Smith and Carrier
Created Date:: 1923-08-01
Genre:: Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Longitudinal sections
Digital Project:: Beaux Arts to Modernism

Repository:: Asheville Art Museum
Collection:: Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS) 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.

Architect:: Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924
Builder:: Clayton, Ephraim, 1804-1892 more info on Clayton, Ephraim, 1804-1892
Bricklayer:: Shackleford, George Wesley, 1818-1881 more info on Shackleford, George Wesley, 1818-1881

Historical note:: Madison County's Mars Hill College was founded in 1856 as the French Broad Baptist Institute. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Mars Hill College. http://go.ncsu.edu/marshillcollege_history
Location:: Mars Hill (N.C.)
Subjects:: College buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.83, -82.55