Second floor plan, Dongola, Yanceyville, North Carolina
Dongola (Yanceyville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Second floor plan, Dongola, Yanceyville, North Carolina
- Description:
- 3 of 11
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh025503102
- Delineator:
- Leonard, Wendell H. more info on Leonard, Wendell H.
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
- Location:
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Yanceyville (N.C.)
Dongola (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: Dongola (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Yanceyville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- The house was built for tobacco planter Jeremiah Graves, although the builder is unidentified.
- Architectural note:
- Dongola is a two-story, L-shaped brick home, with a tall portico of four Doric columns composed of stuccoed brick. The front facade features triple windows. Flemish bond is used on the front and side walls, while the rear is common bond.
- Historical note:
- The home is considered the most monumental house in Caswell County and one of the grandest in the Piedmont.
- Location:
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Yanceyville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
Plantation houses
