View, Palmer-Marsh House, Bath, North Carolina

Palmer-Marsh House (Bath, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
View, Palmer-Marsh House, Bath, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Houses
Original Format:
Color slide
Item identifier:
buch0009
Photographer:
Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Bath (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:
Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) 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
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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: Palmer-Marsh House (Bath, Beaufort County, North Carolina)

Built:
Community:
Bath
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Michael Coutanche (French merchant, justice, and assemblyman), first owner. Robert Palmer (surveyor-general from Scotland) second owner. In 1802 the house passed to Jonathan and Daniel Gould Marsh (shipowners and merchants from Rhode Island).
Historical note:
Parts of the house may date to 1751, though the house was initially dated to 1740. One of the most notable mid-eighteenth century homes standing in North Carolina, the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark.
Architectural note:
The English bond chimney is considered to be one of the state's finest examples of brick masonry. The house also includes a Flemish bond chimney and original Georgian woodwork.
Location:
Bath (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places