Interior view, Octagon House, Carteret County, North Carolina
Octagon House (Carteret County, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Interior view, Octagon House, Carteret County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Houses
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1067pnc004
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
Interior views
- Location:
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Carteret County (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.
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: Octagon House (Carteret County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Carteret County
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- Octagon House was built for planter Edward Hill on his Cedar Point plantation.
- Architectural note:
- Octagon House is built in the octagon shape popularized by New York phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. The structure is a two-story, bracketed frame house, with a cupola, and is complete with four interior chimneys. The plan consists of a central hallway with three rooms on each side.
- Location:
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Carteret County (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
Plantation houses