Door, Aspen Grove, Wake County, North Carolina

Aspen Grove (Wake County, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Door, Aspen Grove, Wake County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Architecture, Georgian
Doors
Greek revival (Architecture)
Houses
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Original Format:
Color slide
Extent:
2 x 2 in.
Item identifier:
bh2257pnc001
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Wake County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
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:
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: Aspen Grove (Wake County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Wake County
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
William Marriott, first owner, passed the house to his son, Benjamin Marriott and his wife Aley Terrell, second owners, in 1812. The house then passed to Jennie Marriott, Benjamin's daughter with his second wife, Mary Hopkins. Jennie and her husband, Isaac Proctor, third owners, had a son, Ivan Proctor, who married his cousin Lucy Biggs Marriott, and their ten grandchildren owned the property into the twentieth century.
Historical note:
The house dates to the late eighteenth century, and was remodeled in the early nineteenth century.
Location:
Wake County (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses