Front view, Hezekiah Alexander House, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Alexander, Hezekiah House -- Charlotte Museum of History (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front view, Hezekiah Alexander House, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3 x 3-1/2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0049p01
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Charlotte (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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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: Alexander, Hezekiah House -- Charlotte Museum of History (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 3500 Shamrock Drive
- Community:
- Charlotte
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 28215
- Provenance note:
- Hezekiah Alexander, a Scotch-Irish blacksmith and planter, church elder, framer of state's constitution, and Mary Sample Alexander were the first owners.
- Architectural note:
- The home was restored in the 1950s and 1970s.
- Historical note:
- The house is one of only two intact eighteenth century stone buildings in the state, and a rare example of a stone spring house survives on the property. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house now functions as the Charlotte Museum of History.
- Location:
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Charlotte (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina -- History
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.234411, -80.766419
- External Resources:
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Charlotte Museum of History