Exterior detail, Tobacco Barn, Franklin County, North Carolina

Tobacco Barn (Franklin County, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Exterior detail, Tobacco Barn, Franklin County, North Carolina
Description:
Description Note: All information regarding the barn comes from the research notes of the delineator of associated drawings.
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Tobacco barns
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
scale: 10 x 8-1/4 in.
Item identifier:
bh0005p01
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Franklin County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

Source information

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.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
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: Tobacco Barn (Franklin County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Franklin County
State:
North Carolina
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