Rafter detail, Scotch Hall, Bertie County, North Carolina
Scotch Hall (Merry Hill, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Rafter detail, Scotch Hall, Bertie County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Attics
Federal style
Plantation houses
Rafters
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0318p06
- 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: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides.
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