View from distance, Cedar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View from distance, Cedar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Greek revival (Architecture)
Plantation houses
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0401
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, 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.
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: Cedar Grove (Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Gorman Family more info on Gorman Family
- Plasterer:
- Gorman, Henry S. more info on Gorman, Henry S.
- Builder:
- Shuman, Jacob more info on Shuman, Jacob
- Builder:
- Hampton, David more info on Hampton, David, builder
- Built:
- Street:
- 8229 Gilead Road
- Community:
- Huntersville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28078
- Provenance note:
- James G. Torrence (merchant and planter), first owner
- Architectural note:
- The home's details came from Asher Benjamin's "Practical House Carpenter" patternbook. The house features some of the earliest Greek Revival details in the state.
- Historical note:
- The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Huntersville (N.C.)
Cedar Grove (Huntersville, N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Plantation houses
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.407021, -80.888686
- External Resources:
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Cedar Grove and Hugh Torrance House and Store Architectural Survey Report, 1993