View, Blandwood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Blandwood (Greensboro, N.C.)

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Title:: View, Blandwood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
Description:: Provenance: Governor John Motley Morehead was the house's first owner. | Architectural Note: The newly redesigned home retained the existing building formerly owned by Henry Humphreys, founder of Mount Hecla Mill. The home was reconstructed in 1983. | Historical Note: As one of A. J. Davis's first Italianate villas, the home inspired countless imitations and popularized the center-tower villa across the nation. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark.
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Houses
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Original Format:: Color slide
Extent:: 2 x 2 in.
Item identifier:: bh0366pnc005
Photographer:: Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Oak Ridge (Guilford County, N.C.)
Digital Project:: 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.

Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:: Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
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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.

Architect:: Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 more info on Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Architect:: Conrad Family more info on Conrad Family
Builder:: Conrad, Joseph more info on Conrad, Joseph
Builder:: Conrad, William more info on Conrad, William
Builder-architect:: Conrad, John W. more info on Conrad, John W.

Provenance note:: Governor John Motley Morehead, first owner.
Architectural note:: The newly redesigned home retained the existing building formerly owned by Henry Humphreys, founder of Mount Hecla Mill. The home was reconstructed in 1983.
Historical note:: As one of A. J. Davis's first Italianate villas, and as one of the country's first Italianate villa, the home inspired countless imitations and popularized the center-tower villa across the nation. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historical Landmark.
Location:: Greensboro (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places