Great hall fireplace details, Moorefields, Orange County, North Carolina

Moorefields (Hillsbourough, N.C.)

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Title:: Great hall fireplace details, Moorefields, Orange County, North Carolina
Description:: 13 of 16
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Fireplaces
Halls (interior spaces)
Houses
Mantels
Original Format:: Measured drawing
Extent:: scale: 1 in. = 1 ft., 6 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:: bh025713504
Delineator:: Ogburn, Harold more info on Ogburn, Harold
Created Date:: 1966
Genre:: Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Location:: Orange County (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Built Heritage

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
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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.

Provenance note:: Alfred Moore (planter, Revolutionary War officer, state attorney general, justice of U.S. supreme court), first owner; Alfred Moore, Jr., second owner
Architectural note:: The home was possibly updated upon Moore, Jr.'s inheritance in 1818. Notable interior features include a Chinese lattice stair railing and a reeded mantel with an overmantel. There are no fireplaces in the upstairs bedrooms.
Historical note:: "Moorfields" was built in 1785 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alfred who lived on "Beau Choix," his plantation near Wilmington, N.C. during the winter. During the summer when the hot weather and mosquitoes were so unbearable on the Cape Fear, he moved to this summer home near Hillsborough. Justice Moore positioned his home on top of a hill in a stream of southwesterly wind and was raised on piers. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: Hillsborough (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Summer houses (Seasonal dwellings)