View, Whalehead Club, Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina
Whalehead Club (Corolla, Currituck County, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Whalehead Club, Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Art nouveau (Architecture)
Arts and crafts movement
Hunting lodges
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1135pnc001
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Corolla (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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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).
- 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: Whalehead Club (Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina)
- Provenance note:
- Edward C. Knight, Jr., businessman, and Amanda Marie Louise LeBel Knight, built the lodge and were the first owners.
- Architectural note:
- The Whalehead Club exhibits features of both the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau detail. The property also includes a bridge and boathouse. Local tradition attributes the building design to the Knights.
- Historical note:
- Local tradition holds that the Knights built the Whalehead Club after Amanda Knight, a sportswoman, was excluded from local all-male hunting clubs. The structure is considered the grandest shooting club in Currituck County and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Corolla (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Clubhouses
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places