North elevation, Hollyday House, Washington, North Carolina
Hollyday House (Washington, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- North elevation, Hollyday House, Washington, North Carolina
- Description:
- 6 of 8
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Houses
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 458mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh016706202
- Delineator:
- Harris, William Thomas, Jr. more info on Harris, William Thomas, Jr.
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
- Location:
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Washington (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: Hollyday House -- Brown House (Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 706 W. 2nd Street
- Community:
- Washington
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27889
- Architectural note:
- The property retains the qualities of an in-town antebellum estate, including brick outbuildings. After the building was moved, small additions were added, such as closets and a cellar. The grounds were landscaped leaving the kitchen in its original location and the original foundations were used as an attraction for the garden.
- Historical note:
- The Hollyday House, originally named the Brown House, was built by Major John Blount approximately between 1800 and 1826. During the the Civil War the house was used as a Union Hospital. The Union Army removed all but one of the marble mantles. The house was moved in 1927 to approximately 100 feet south of its original location.
- Provenance note:
- Built by Major John Blount; the house has been sold and willed to several families and owned by Richard W. McEwan of Whippany, New Jersey.
- Location:
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Washington (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.547241, -77.062758
- External Resources:
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Washington, North Carolina: Hollyday House