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North elevation, Sherrill's Inn, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Sherrill's Inn (Buncombe County, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
North elevation, Sherrill's Inn, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Description:
6 of 20
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Houses
Inns
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 3/16 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh027706202
Delineator:
Roberts, M. more info on Roberts, M. 
Delineator:
Tribble, H. more info on Tribble, H. 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Buncombe County (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:
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Rights:
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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.

Building: Sherrill's Inn (Buncombe County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Buncombe County
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
John Ashworth, early nineteenth century owner; Bedford Sherrill (innkeeper), mid-nineteenth century owner; McClure family, early twentieth century owner
Architectural note:
The structure consists of a two-story house connected to a 1790s log house by a twentieth century passageway. The home was restored in 1916.
Historical note:
The house is one of Buncombe County's earliest landmarks. Sherrill began operating the inn around 1840, and it was host to Zebulon Vance and Andrew Johnson. The property contains a nineteenth century apple orchard still run by the McClure family. Tradition suggests that the meathouse served as a frontier "fort" in the 1790s. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Inns
National Register of Historic Places