View, William Smith House, Ansonville, Anson County, North Carolina
William A. House House -- The Oaks (Ansonville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, William Smith House, Ansonville, Anson County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Greek revival (Architecture)
Houses
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0107pnc001
- 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: 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:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - 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