Plans and elevations, Gasperson Cabin, Asheville, North Carolina
Gasperson Cabin (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Plans and elevations, Gasperson Cabin, Asheville, North Carolina
- Description:
- 1 of 2 | Description Note: All information regarding this structure comes from the delineator's research notes. | Drawing Note: The architectural drawings reflect the earliest form of the structure.
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Cabins (Houses)
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 1/16 in. = 1 ft., 1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 445mm x 572mm
- Item identifier:
- bh008901701
- Delineator:
- Dodge, William W., III more info on Dodge, William W., III
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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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:
- 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: Gasperson Cabin (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- NC
- Provenance note:
- Gasperson family, early twentieth century owner; William W. Dodge, Jr., mid-twentieth century owner
- Historical note:
- The delineator indicates that the cabin was built in the mid-nineteenth century near Skyland, and was moved to a privately owned farm on the Biltmore Estate. Once a house, the structure has also functioned as a barn. The cabin had extensive renovations, including a new roof, new windows, and new floors. In 1952, the cabin was incorporated as a unit into another dwelling of similar construction.
- General note:
- Drawing Note: The architectural drawings reflect the earliest form of the structure.
- General note:
- Description Note: All information regarding this structure comes from the delineator's research notes.
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Cabins (Houses)
Historic buildings
Houses