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North elevation, Benthall-Jenkins House, Hertford County, North Carolina

Benthall-Jenkins House (Hertford County, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
North elevation, Benthall-Jenkins House, Hertford County, North Carolina
Description:
5 of 7
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Houses
Original Format:
Measured drawing
Extent:
scale: 1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
Item identifier:
bh036305204
Delineator:
Jenkins, D. more info on Jenkins, D. 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Hertford County (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:
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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: Benthall-Jenkins House (Hertford County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Hertford County
State:
NC
Historical note:
The Benthall-Jenkins House, located near Menola in Hertford County, is a typical rural house of the early nineteenth century. It was probably built by the father of Lawrence Benthall around 1830, and is the birthplace of Jesse Thomas Benthall, co-inventor (with F.F. Furguson) of a peanut picker in 1905 and sole inventor of a peanut stemmer in 1908. Peanuts play an important role in Hertford County's economy today. The land around the house was in the Benthall family since the charter from the king of England. A Yankee raid in which valuable records of Hertford County were burned makes precise dating of this house's construction impossible.
Location:
Hertford County (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses