Door and fireplace details, Smith-McDowell House, Asheville, North Carolina
Smith-McDowell House (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Door and fireplace details, Smith-McDowell House, Asheville, North Carolina
- Description:
- 4 of 7 | Drawing Note: The first page is numbered zero, so the drawings total seven.
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Doors
Fireplaces
Houses
Jambs (Opening components)
Mantels
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 1-1/2 in. = 1 ft.; 458mm x 585mm
- Item identifier:
- bh012905501
- Delineator:
- Traber, Lawrence J. more info on Traber, Lawrence J.
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Detail 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: Smith-McDowell House -- The McDowell House (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 283 Victoria Rd.
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- Built by entrepreneur James McConnell Smith, first owner, for John Patton Smith. Later owned by Herman Cudger. Later owned by Herman Cudger. Mid-20th century, was owned by Asheville Catholic High School.
- Architectural note:
- The first floor was remodeled in the Neoclassical style around 1915, but the second floor retains its original Greek Revival woodwork. The construction: Masonry load bearing walls; timber floor constructed with oak flooring; interior plaster finish on wood lath. Maximum masonry wall thickness is 18"; double loaded corridor with staircase; rooms No. 7 and No. 8 are of newer construction, redesigned as the kitchen and dining room.
- Historical note:
- The oldest remaining house in Asheville, built by the first white man born west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The home is a rare example of substantial antebellum architecture in the region, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places