Front view, The Cellars, Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina
The Cellars (Enfield, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front view, The Cellars, Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1224pnc003
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Enfield (N.C.)
Cellars, The (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: Cellars, The (Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 140 McFarland Rd
- Community:
- Enfield
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27823
- Provenance note:
- The house was probably built for John Branch.
- Architectural note:
- The large, two-story frame plantation house was probably built before 1806. It has a center-passage plan, two rooms deep, and is complete with four chimneys done in Flemish-bond brickwork.
- Historical note:
- The building was likely built before 1806. Tradition holds that John Branch's son, Joseph, played host to the Marquis de Lafayette here during his 1825 American tour. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Enfield (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.18453, -77.671816
