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Doorway, Cool Spring Place, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina

Cool Spring Place (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Doorway, Cool Spring Place, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Doorways
Inns
Taverns (Inns)
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Item identifier:
bh0346p04
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Fayetteville (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: Cool Spring Place (Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
228 S Cool Spring St
Community:
Fayetteville
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
28301
Provenance note:
Dolphin Davis (inn and tavernkeeper), first owner
Architectural note:
During an early nineteenth century expansion, the engaged double piazza, the fanlit entrance and Federal style interior woodwork were added.
Historical note:
The building is the oldest structure in Fayetteville and the only surviving structure linked with the state's 1789 constitutional convention. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Fayetteville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina -- History
Taverns (Inns)
Latitude, Longitude:
35.048215, -78.876086