Details, Yates Mill, Wake County, North Carolina

Yates Mill (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
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Item information

Title:
Details, Yates Mill, Wake County, North Carolina
Description:
12 of 12 (12 of 12) | Drawing Note: The folder contains eleven blue line prints, with number one of twelve missing. The prints are accompanied by an original drawing, numbered six of eight, with the other seven drawings missing.
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Doors
Flour mills
Joists
Rafters
Windows
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/4 scale, 1 in. = 1 ft.; 458mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh002412501
Delineator:
Evans, Max D. more info on Evans, Max D. 
Delineator:
Cole, Robert E. more info on Cole, Robert E. 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Location:
Raleigh (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: Yates Mill (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
4640 Lake Wheeler Road
Community:
Raleigh
State:
NC
Zip:
27603
Provenance note:
Samuel Pearson, was the first owner; Simon Pearson, was the second owner; William Boylan, businessman, director of State Bank and newspaper publisher was the third owner.
Historical note:
The site first began operating as a flour mill in 1761. The mill is the only survivor of several eighteenth century mills around Raleigh, and has been restored. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
Flour mills
Historic sites
Mills and mill-work
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
35.718516, -78.686272