Interior door details, Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina

Cooleemee Plantation (Mocksville, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
Interior door details, Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina
Description:
13 of 14
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Doors
Moldings
Plantation houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh016613503
Delineator:
Buie, J. C. more info on Buie, J. C. 
Delineator:
Kreps, J. A. more info on Kreps, J. A. 
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Location:
Davie County (N.C.)
Cooleemee (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
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Building: Cooleemee Plantation House (Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Conrad and Williams (Davidson County, N.C.) 
Architect:
more info on Ranlett, William H. 
Built:
Street:
U. S. Route 64, Mocksville Vicinity
Community:
Mocksville
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27028
Provenance note:
Plantation land owned by General Jesse Pearson; bought by Peter W. Hairston (planter) and Columbia Stuart Hairston, first owner (wife of General J.E.B. Stuart), first owners of plantation home.
Architectural note:
There is no record of an architect being connected directly with the plantation house, but drawings for the house's design of an "Anglo-Grecian Villa" plans published in W.H. Ranlett's "The Architect" patternbook and also in "Gody's Land Book" were used to build the house. The ornamental woodwork over doors and elsewhere in the house was brought in from Philadelphia, coming by boat to Fayetteville and then by ox-cart to the plantation. Except for the plastering, all other work, including brichmaking, was done by workmen on the site. Until about 1915 there were no changes made in the house. At this time two bathrooms were added, and the north porch was converted into a kitchen. The foundation is composed of rubble stone below grade, regular ashlar above grade. The walls are generally 17" thick, slightly less on the second floor, composed of brick with stucco on exterior, plaster on wood lath on the interior, and the floors are tongue-and-groove yellow pine. The ceilings are plaster on wood lathe, while the roof is standing seam sheet metal over original shingle.
Historical note:
Property of "Cooleemee" was purchased in 1814 by Peter Nelson Hairston from General Jesse Pearson. The plantation land contained approximately 4,500 acres, and the present house is on a hill overlooking the Yadkin River. Construction on the house was started in 1850 and finished in 1854. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historical Landmark.
Location:
Mocksville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
Plantations
Latitude, Longitude:
35.8534, -80.41
External Resources:
Cooleemee Plantation Wikipedia Entry