Photographic and drawn details, Cedar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Photographic and drawn details, Cedar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Description:
- 5 of 6
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Columns
Doors
Greek revival (Architecture)
Moldings
Plantation houses
Windows
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- scale: 3/4 in. = 1 ft.; 470mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh008405501
- Delineator:
- Gilland, Lynwood more info on Gilland, Lynwood
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
- Location:
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, 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: Cedar Grove (Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Gorman Family more info on Gorman Family
- Plasterer:
- Gorman, Henry S. more info on Gorman, Henry S.
- Builder:
- Shuman, Jacob more info on Shuman, Jacob
- Builder:
- Hampton, David more info on Hampton, David, builder
- Built:
- Street:
- 8229 Gilead Road
- Community:
- Huntersville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28078
- Provenance note:
- James G. Torrence (merchant and planter), first owner
- Architectural note:
- The home's details came from Asher Benjamin's "Practical House Carpenter" patternbook. The house features some of the earliest Greek Revival details in the state.
- Historical note:
- The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Huntersville (N.C.)
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Plantation houses
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.407021, -80.888686
- External Resources:
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Cedar Grove and Hugh Torrance House and Store Architectural Survey Report, 1993