View, Mayor Earl B. Horner House, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina
Earl B. Horner House (Burlington, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Mayor Earl B. Horner House, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Arts and crafts movement
Bungalows
Chimneys
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1004pnc001
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Burlington (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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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, which provide access to documentation on hundreds of buildings and structures in North Carolina dating from the 1700s to the early 1900s.
Source information
- 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).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - 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: Horner, Earl B. House (Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Burlington
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- The structure was built for Mayor Earl B. Horner, first owner, on a lot adjacent to the residence of his brother Charles Horner, and to the Horner family business, Pearson Remedy Company.
- Historical note:
- Earl Horner served as Mayor of Burlington from 1919 until 1943, and made significant improvements to the city. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Architectural note:
- The upswept peaks of the structure's multi-gabled roof indicate the influence of the Arts and Crafts philosophy and of Oriental building styles of the period. The one-and-a-half-story frame structure with German siding also includes an exterior double-shouldered chimney and a recessed side porch with French windows.
- Location:
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Burlington (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places