View, Edwards-Franklin House, Surry County, North Carolina

Edwards-Franklin House (Surry County, N.C.)

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Title:: View, Edwards-Franklin House, Surry County, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Federal style
Houses
Original Format:: Color slide
Item identifier:: buch0544
Photographer:: Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
Created Date:: 1988
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Surry County (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.

Provenance note:: Gideon Edwards (planter and state senator), first owner; Meshack Franklin (landowner, politician, and member of Congress), second owner
Architectural note:: Franklin remodeled the home in the Federal style in the 1820s.
Historical note:: The structure is considered one of finest early houses in northwestern North Carolina.
Location:: Surry County (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses