Plan, Norfleet Cotton Press, Tarboro, North Carolina

Norfleet Cotton Press (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Plan, Norfleet Cotton Press, Tarboro, North Carolina
Description:
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Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Cotton presses
Engineering
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/2 in. = 1 ft.; 445mm x 572mm
Item identifier:
bh008701101
Delineator:
Knight, Dan more info on Knight, Dan 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Assembly drawings
Technical drawings
Location:
Tarboro (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.

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:
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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: Norfleet Cotton Press (Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina)

Builder:
more info on Norfleet, Isaac 
Built:
Community:
Tarboro
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Isaac Norfleet (planter), first owner.
Architectural note:
A rare survival of a once frequent plantation structure. The press was moved in 1938 and restored in 1976.
Historical note:
The structure was originally used to press fruit and was later converted to process cotton around 1860. The press is a rare survival of a once frequent plantation structure. The press is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Location:
Tarboro (N.C.)
Subjects:
Cotton presses
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places