Details, Bellamy Mansion, Wilmington, North Carolina
Bellamy Mansion (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Details, Bellamy Mansion, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Description:
- 11 of 11
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Columns
Doors
Houses
Jambs (Opening components)
Pilasters
Sills (Opening components)
Windows
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 1-1/2 in. = 1 ft., 3 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh011411501
- Delineator:
- Kinlaw, J. Michael more info on Kinlaw, J. Michael
- Delineator:
- Ward, Alva H., III more info on Ward, Alva H., III
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
- Location:
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Wilmington (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: Bellamy, John Mansion (Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina)
- Architect-carpenter:
- Post, James F., 1818-1899 more info on Post, James F., 1818-1899
- Contractor:
- Artis, Elvin, 1820-1886 more info on Artis, Elvin, 1820-1886
- Architect:
- Bunnell, Rufus, 1835-1909 more info on Bunnell, Rufus, 1835-1909
- Plasterer:
- Price Family more info on Price Family
- Carpenter:
- Taylor, Henry, 1823-1891 more info on Taylor, Henry, 1823-1891
- Plasterer:
- Gould, William Benjamin, 1837-1923 more info on Gould, William Benjamin, 1837-1923
- Carpenter:
- Howe Family more info on Howe Family
- Built:
- Street:
- 503 Market St.
- Community:
- Wilmington Historic District
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28401
- Provenance note:
- Dr. John Bellamy (physician, turpentine planter, and director of the Bank of the Cape Fear and the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad), first owner
- Architectural note:
- James F. Post served as both the architect and contractor of the house. The home combines Italianate and classical motifs and Corinthian order columns. On the grounds, slave quarters still survive, providing a rare example of the antebellum urban building type.
- Historical note:
- The home served as an officer's quarters during the Civil War. The house now functions as the Museum of History and Design Arts in Wilmington. It now lies within the boundaries of the Wilmington Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Wilmington (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Mansions
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 34.235947, -77.943122
- External Resources:
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Bellamy Mansion Website