Window, William Worrell Vass House, Raleigh, North Carolina
William Worrell Vass House (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Window, William Worrell Vass House, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Houses
Second Empire
Windows
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0361p04
- Delineator:
- Vrettos, Constantine N. more info on Vrettos, Constantine N.
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Raleigh (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: Vass, William Worrell House (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Demolished:
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- Major William Worrell Vass (treasurer and executive officer of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad), first owner; House was occupied by the last of the Vass family, Miss Eleonora Vass until 1966. Then a servant of the family lived in the house for a while.
- Historical note:
- The house was built in 1879-1881 at No. 3, East Edenton St., by William Worrell Vass, who according to Raleigh City Directory occupied the house in 1883. By the 1960's, age and neglect started the deterioration of the building. The house was razed in 1971. The site now houses the North Carolina Museum of History.
- Architectural note:
- The interior and exterior of the house was a unique perpetuation of that American building vogue which was characteristic of the 1880's and 1890's.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Demolished buildings
Historic buildings
Houses
Lost architecture
