Front view, Scotch Hall, Bertie County, North Carolina
Scotch Hall (Merry Hill, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front view, Scotch Hall, Bertie County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Federal style
Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3 3/4 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0318p02
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Bertie County (N.C.)
Scotch Hall (Merry Hill, 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: Scotch Hall (Merry Hill, Bertie County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Merry Hill
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- George Washington Capehart (planter), first owner. George Capeheart's father, Cullen Capeheart, bought the house in 1811. The house remained in the family until the late twentieth century.
- Historical note:
- Scotch Hall was the largest antebellum plantation in Bertie County. The plantation was the setting of the 1851 novel "Bertie" by George Throop, who had been a tutor of the Capehart children. The plantation produced corn, cotton, livestock, beans, and fish. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Architectural note:
- The two-story frame house includes a center passage plan, a small pedimented porch, and a full-width shed porch.
- Location:
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Scotch Hall (Merry Hill, N.C.)
Merry Hill (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places