View, B. Frank Mebane House, Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina
B. Frank Mebane House (Mebane, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, B. Frank Mebane House, Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Houses
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3 1/2 x 5 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0327p01
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Mebane (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: Mebane, B. Frank House -- Old Mebane House (Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- NC Highway 119
- Community:
- Mebane
- State:
- NC
- Provenance note:
- B. Frank Mebane (patent medicine producer), first owner
- Historical note:
- Located one block south of Main Street in Mebane, NC on Highway 119. The home was built around 1848 for General Alexander Mebane, founder of the township Mebaneville. General Mebane was responsible for a major trade route through Mebaneville and was also founder of Bingham School, a former military school located in Mebaneville. B. Frank Mebane was one of the early settlers of Mebane, which began to attract residents after the arrival of the railroad in 1855. The house was later converted into a boarding house for tobacco farmers.
- Architectural note:
- A kitchen and two bathrooms were added inside, and the south porch was enclosed.
- Location:
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Mebane (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
