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Front door and portico, Elgin, Warren County, North Carolina

Elgin (Macon, N.C.)
Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583)
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Item information

Title:
Front door and portico, Elgin, Warren County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Columns
Doors
Plantation houses
Porches
Original Format:
Color slide
Item identifier:
buch0584
Photographer:
Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Warren County (N.C.)
Elgin (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

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:
In Copyright
For more information:
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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.

Building: Elgin (Macon, Warren County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
Warrenton-Embro Road
Community:
Macon
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27551
Provenance note:
Peter Mitchel (merchant) and Elizabeth Person Mitchel, first owners
Architectural note:
The home is one of a small group of pediment fronted plantation houses that used details indicative of the influence of Montmorenci, an elaborate local plantation that was built in 1822.
Historical note:
Elgin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Warren County (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Plantation houses
Latitude, Longitude:
36.385, -78.1025