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Side elevation, Cleghorn, Rutherford County, North Carolina

Cleghorn Plantation House (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
Side elevation, Cleghorn, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Description:
5 of 6
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Plantation houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 445mm x 572mm
Item identifier:
bh009705203
Delineator:
Washburn, James R. more info on Washburn, James R. 
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Rutherford County (N.C.)
Cleghorn Plantation (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: Cleghorn Plantation House (Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
183 Clegwood Drive
Community:
Rutherfordton
State:
NC
Zip:
28139
Provenance note:
Thomas McEntire (Scots planter), first owner; Washburn family, late nineteenth to twentieth century owner
Architectural note:
The home was renovated in 1940, at which time a garage, two porches, and a new entrance portico were added.
Historical note:
Tradition attributes the design to David Paton, the Scots born supervising architect of the State Capitol, but any connection is undocumented. The house is now a restaurant located in a country club/golf course.
Location:
Rutherfordton (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
Plantation houses
Latitude, Longitude:
35.357773, -81.9735
External Resources:
Cleghorn Plantation Site - History