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Elevations and front door detail, Little Manor, Littleton, North Carolina

Little Manor (Littleton, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Elevations and front door detail, Little Manor, Littleton, North Carolina
Description:
5 of 10
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Doors
Federal style
Plantation houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/8 in. = 1 ft., 3/4 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh018505705
Delineator:
Garner, L. Scott, Jr. more info on Garner, L. Scott, Jr. 
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Littleton (N.C.)
Mosby Hall (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: Little Manor -- Manor Hall (Littleton, Halifax County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Bragg, Thomas, Sr., 1778-1851 
Built:
Community:
Littleton
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Thomas Person Little (planter and Anti-Federalist politician), first owner; William Person Little (planter) and Ann Hawkins Little, second owner.
Architectural note:
William Person Little added his Federal style home to Thomas Person Little's older eighteenth century structure.
Historical note:
The interior decorative treatment was considered the most elaborate in North Carolina. The house is now a ruin. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under Warren County. Alternatively named Mosby Hall.
Location:
Littleton (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places