Front view, Elmwood, Raleigh, North Carolina

Elmwood (Raleigh, N.C.)

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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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Provenance note:: John Louis Taylor (chief justice of North Carolina's first supreme court) and Jane Gaston Taylor, first owner; William Gaston (Supreme Court justice), second owner; Thomas Ruffin (chief justice), renter of second owner; Romulus Sanders (congressman and minister to Spain), later owner; Samuel A'Court Ashe (newspaper editor and historian), later owner
Architectural note:: The porch and wings were added during Ashe's ownership.
Historical note:: The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.781066, -78.649002