Front view, Longwood, Caswell County, North Carolina

Longwood (Milton, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Front view, Longwood, Caswell County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Greek revival (Architecture)
Plantation houses
Original Format:
Color slide
Extent:
2 x 2 in.
Item identifier:
bh1074pnc009
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Caswell County (N.C.)
Longwood (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

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).
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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.

Building: Longwood (Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina)

Cabinetmaker:
more info on Day, Thomas, circa 1801-circa 1861 
Built:
Street:
NC 62
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Lying near the border of Donoho and Saunders family lands, Longwood may have briefly been home to Romulus Saunders (congressman, judge, and minister to Spain).
Architectural note:
The current two-story, L-shaped plantation house began as a small Federal period home and was later expanded in the Greek Revival style with pedimented porticoes.
Historical note:
Longwood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Milton (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
Plantations