Front door, Eaton Place, Warrenton, North Carolina
Eaton Place (Warrenton, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front door, Eaton Place, Warrenton, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Doors
Federal style
Greek revival (Architecture)
Summer houses (Seasonal dwellings)
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0577
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Warrenton (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: Eaton Place -- William Eaton House (Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina)
- Builder-architect:
- Holt, Jacob W., 1811-1880 more info on Holt, Jacob W., 1811-1880
- Built:
- Street:
- 406 North Main Street
- Community:
- Warrenton
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- William Eaton (planter), first owner
- Architectural note:
- The home's interior trim was taken from Asher Benjamin's "Practical House Carpenter," and the curved stair was taken from Owen Biddle's "Young Carpenter's Assistant." The property includes a heart-shaped boxwood garden and brick outbuildings that match the main house.
- Location:
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Warrenton (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Historic sites
Houses
Plantation houses