Sections, cornice detail, and south elevation, Tobacco Barn, Franklin County, North Carolina

Tobacco Barn (Franklin County, N.C.)

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Title:: Sections, cornice detail, and south elevation, Tobacco Barn, Franklin County, North Carolina
Description:: 2 of 2 | Description Note: All information regarding the barn comes from the delineator's research notes.
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Cornices
Tobacco barns
Original Format:: Measured drawing
Extent:: scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft., 1-1/2 in. = 1 ft.; 445mm x 572mm
Item identifier:: bh000502702
Delineator:: Taylor, Conrad more info on Taylor, Conrad
Created Date:: 1952
Genre:: Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Sections (drawings)
Location:: Franklin County (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides, which provide access to documentation on hundreds of buildings and structures in North Carolina dating from the 1700s to the early 1900s.

Repository:: Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:: Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
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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.

General note:: Description Note: All information regarding the barn comes from the delineator's research notes.
Provenance note:: Mr. Baker, a tenant farmer, was the barn's first owner; R. I. Baker, a farmer, the second owner
Architectural note:: The flue-curing type barn was constructed of materials native to the site, and represents an early use of flue-curing to prepare Bright Leaf tobacco for market.
Historical note:: The barn's builders were tenant farmers on the property of the Young family.
Location:: Franklin County (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Tobacco barns