View, Fairntosh, Durham, North Carolina
Fairntosh (Treyburn, N.C.)
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we're addressing it.
Item information
- Title:
- View, Fairntosh, Durham, North Carolina
- Topics:
-
Architecture
- Subjects:
-
Architecture, Georgian
Federal style
Office buildings
- Original Format:
-
Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0135p01
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
-
Architectural photographs
- Location:
-
Durham (N.C.)
Fairntosh Plantation (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
-
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: Fairntosh Farm (Treyburn, Durham County, North Carolina)
- Carpenter:
- Briggs, John J., 1770-1856 more info on Briggs, John J., 1770-1856
- Bricklayer:
- Collier, William more info on Collier, William, bricklayer
- Plasterer:
- Gorman Family more info on Gorman Family
- Plasterer:
- Gorman, Henry S. more info on Gorman, Henry S.
- Carpenter:
- Fort family, carpenters more info on Fort family, carpenters
- Carpenter:
- Goodloe, Davis S. more info on Goodloe, Davis S.
- Joiner:
- Nutt, Elhannon more info on Nutt, Elhannon
- Carpenter:
- Fort, John more info on Fort, John
- Carpenter:
- Fort, Elias more info on Fort, Elias
- Carpenter:
- Fort, William more info on Fort, William
- Built:
- Street:
- 5000 Old Oxford Road
- Community:
- Durham
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27704
- Provenance note:
- Duncan Cameron (lawyer, planter, and bank president) and Rebecca Bennehan Cameron, first owner.
- Architectural note:
- Surviving outbuildings on the property include a schoolhouse, an office, a teacher's house, a kitchen, a dairy, a smokehouse, and a commissary.
- Historical note:
- Fairntosh was one of the largest plantations in the state, and the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
-
Durham (N.C.)
Treyburn (Durham, N.C.)
- Subjects:
-
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
Plantations
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.107756, -78.839855
- External Resources:
-
Endangered Durham: Fairntosh
Fairntosh Site