View, William Alfred Moore Gazebo, Mount Airy, North Carolina

William Alfred Moore Gazebo (Mount Airy, N.C.)

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Item information

Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
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Provenance note:: William Moore (ran a textile factory, a sawmill, and a tanyard) and Rachel Moore, first owner.
Architectural note:: The gazebo was constructed in the late nineteenth century and provides a fine example of the romantic garden structures of the Victorian era. The gazebo was constructed of laurel branches draped with pink rambling rose. The design was probably taken from A. J. Downing's "Treatise on Landscape Gardening."
Historical note:: The Moore property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: Mount Airy (N.C.)
Subjects:: Gazebos
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places