Stairs, Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina
Cooleemee Plantation (Mocksville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Stairs, Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Plantation houses
Stairs
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3-1/2 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0166p05
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Davie County (N.C.)
Cooleemee (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: Cooleemee Plantation House (Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Conrad and Williams (Davidson County, N.C.) more info on Conrad and Williams (Davidson County, N.C.)
- Architect:
- Ranlett, William H. 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:
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Mocksville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
Plantations
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.8534, -80.41
- External Resources:
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Cooleemee Plantation Wikipedia Entry