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West elevation, Ruffin-Snipes House, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Ruffin-Snipes House -- Peter Browne Ruffin Homestead (Hillsborough, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
West elevation, Ruffin-Snipes House, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Description:
7 of 13
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Architecture, Georgian
Houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: undetermined; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh023007204
Delineator:
McCormick, Warren E. more info on McCormick, Warren E. 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Hillsborough (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: Ruffin-Snipes House -- Peter Browne Ruffin Homestead (Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Hillsborough
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Peter Browne Ruffin, mid-nineteenth century owner
Architectural note:
John Berry is the attributed builder. Berry updated the home by remodeling the rear rooms and adding the Greek Revival style front porch in the 1840s.
Location:
Hillsborough (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses