Details, Smith-McDowell House, Asheville, North Carolina
Smith-McDowell House (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Details, Smith-McDowell House, Asheville, North Carolina
- Description:
- 5 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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Arches
Houses
Moldings
Roof gutters
Stairs
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 3/8 in. = 1 ft., 1-1/2 in. = 1 ft., full scale; 458mm x 585mm
- Item identifier:
- bh012906502
- 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
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