Column detail, William Smith House, Ansonville, North Carolina
William A. House House -- The Oaks (Ansonville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Column detail, William Smith House, Ansonville, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Columns
Greek revival (Architecture)
Houses
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3-1/2 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0107p03
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Ansonville (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: Smith, William A. House -- The Oaks (Ansonville, Anson County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Ansonville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- William Gaston Smith (planter, merchant, and leader at Carolina Female College), first owner; William A. Smith (Confederate veteran leader active in textiles, banking, and education), second owner
- Architectural note:
- The house was expanded in the 1880s with the addition of one story wings and a portico.
- Historical note:
- Surviving outbuildings include a kitchen and a frame barn that features a stuccoed stone Gothic arcade.
- Location:
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Ansonville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses