A Gymnasium for Mars Hill College
Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- A Gymnasium for Mars Hill College
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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College buildings -- North Carolina -- History
Gymnasiums
- Original Format:
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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:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Longitudinal sections
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- 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.
Building: Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina)
- 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
- Built:
- Street:
- Mars Hill College Campus
- Community:
- Mars Hill
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28754
- 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:
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Mars Hill (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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College buildings
Historic buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.83, -82.55