Window, Hollyday House, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina
Hollyday House (Washington, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Window, Hollyday House, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Houses
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Windows
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0167pnc003
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Washington (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - 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