View, Graylyn, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Graylyn (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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Title:: View, Graylyn, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Beaux-Arts (style)
Mansions
Norman Revival
Original Format:: Color slide
Item identifier:: buch0243
Photographer:: Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
Created Date:: 1988
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Winston-Salem (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.

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).
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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.

Architect:: Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Architect:: Lashmit, Luther D. more info on Lashmit, Luther D.
Landscape architect:: Sears, Thomas W. more info on Sears, Thomas W.

Provenance note:: The house was build for Bowman Gray (president of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company) and his wife Nathalie Gray, first owners.
Architectural note:: The home's opulence reflected the wealth of its owners, and it featured themed rooms focusing on the countries that the couple had visited.
Historical note:: The estate now functions as a conference center owned by Wake Forest University. Graylyn is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:: 36.119541, -80.279875