Side view, Collins House, Franklin County, North Carolina
Collins House (Franklin County, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Side view, Collins House, Franklin County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Chimneys
Federal style
Houses
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3-1/2 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0259p02
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Franklin County (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: Collins House (Franklin County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Franklin County
- State:
- NC
- Historical note:
- The construction is generally believed to date from around the mid-eighteenth century from a partially illegible number ("175?") found on one of the chimney stones. The Old Collins Place was located 9.2 miles northeast of Louisburg in Franklin County on N.C. Highway 561, and moved to Onslow County in the late twentieth century, where it was restored.
- Provenance note:
- The Old Collins Place is located 9.2 miles northeast of Louisburg in Franklin County on N.C. Highway 561. It was owned by Mr. B. V. Osborne and has been in his and his wife's families, but its ownership prior to that time is unknown. Its name came from neither of these two families but from one of its earlier owners, one Captain Collins, who, as legend has it, either won or lost the house in a poker game.
- Architectural note:
- The house appears to have been an architectural copy book plan from one of the many such books brought to this country from England's Inigo Jones period. This seems to be further substantiated by its richness in window, door and cornice detail. Although the Palladian detailing on the front five windows and door is very rich, it was used merely as surface decoration.
- Location:
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Franklin County (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
