View, Portico, Hayes Plantation, Edenton, North Carolina
Hayes Plantation House (Edenton, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Portico, Hayes Plantation, Edenton, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0140
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Edenton (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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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, which provide access to documentation on hundreds of buildings and structures in North Carolina dating from the 1700s to the early 1900s.
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:
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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: Hayes Plantation House (Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina)
- Architect-carpenter:
- Nichols, William, circa 1777-1853 more info on Nichols, William, circa 1777-1853
- Carpenter:
- Badham Family, carpenters more info on Badham Family, carpenters
- Plasterer:
- Dickinson, Dave, plasterer more info on Dickinson, Dave, plasterer
- Bricklayer:
- Welcome, Joe, circa 1774-1859 more info on Welcome, Joe, circa 1774-1859
- Built:
- Street:
- 1038 Hayes Farm Road
- Community:
- Edenton
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27932
- Provenance note:
- James C. Johnston (planter), first owner; Edward Wood, second owner
- Architectural note:
- The building is considered one of the state's most important plantation houses of the Federal period. The exterior blends a Palladian form with Adamesque and Greek Revival features to create a unique composition. The interior uses early Greek Revival motifs as well as Gothic Revival details. Architect Nichols also functioned as the carpenter on the project.
- Historical note:
- The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historical Landmark.
- Location:
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Edenton (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
Plantation houses
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.053233, -76.602446
- External Resources:
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National Historic Landmarks Program: Hayes Plantation