View, Henry Clay Brittain Store, Summerfield, North Carolina
Henry Clay Brittain Store (Summerfield, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Henry Clay Brittain Store, Summerfield, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Stores & shops
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0297
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Summerfield (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
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: Brittain, Henry Clay Store (Summerfield, Guilford County, North Carolina)
- Contractor:
- Smith, George J. more info on Smith, George J., contractor
- Contractor:
- George J. Smith and Son more info on George J. Smith and Son
- Built:
- Community:
- Summerfield Historic District
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- The store was built for Henry Clay Brittain, a general goods merchant and store owner, first owner.
- Historical note:
- The building is the architectural companion to the store across the intersection, which was owned by Brittain's cousin Noah Webster Brittain. The structure falls within the boundaries of the Summerfield Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Architectural note:
- Considered the county's finest surviving commercial building of its era, the structure features particularly elaborate brick details.
- Location:
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Summerfield (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
Stores & shops
