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Partial view, Elmwood, Raleigh, North Carolina

Elmwood (Raleigh, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
Partial view, Elmwood, Raleigh, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Houses
Porches
Windows
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
4 x 5 in.
Item identifier:
bh0265p07
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Raleigh (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: Elmwood (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
16 N. Boylan Avenue
Community:
Raleigh
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27603
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