View, Eng Bunker Corncrib, Surry County, North Carolina
Eng Bunker Corncrib (Mount Airy, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Eng Bunker Corncrib, Surry County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Corncribs
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0537
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Surry County (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: Bunker, Eng Corncrib (Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 2475 Rockford St
- Community:
- Mount Airy
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27030
- Provenance note:
- Eng Bunker (farmer and "Siamese" twin sideshow performer) and Sarah Bunker, first owner
- Architectural note:
- Constructed of unprocessed, well-spaced logs, the structure typifies the corncribs built in the state in the nineteenth century. The corncrib also features a cantilevered entry shelter.
- Historical note:
- The corncrib was built in the mid-nineteenth century.
- Location:
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Mount Airy (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Corncribs
Farm buildings
Historic buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.467521, -80.625773