Details of tower, sections

Comer Covington House (High Point, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Details of tower, sections
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Stairs
Towers (Building divisions)
Original Format:
Linen
Extent:
1/4 in. = 1 ft.; 508mm x 940mm
Item identifier:
mc00240-001-ff0035-001-001_0007
Architect:
O'Brien, Leet Alexander, 1891-1963 more info on O'Brien, Leet Alexander, 1891-1963 
Created Date:
to
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Sectional elevations
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records, 1917-1980 (MC00240) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
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Rights:
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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: Covington, Comer House (High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Lashmit, Luther D. 
Architect:
more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 
Landscape architect:
more info on Sears, Thomas W. 
Built:
Street:
900 Rockford Rd.
Community:
High Point
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27262
Provenance note:
The house was built for Comer Covington, a hosiery manufacturer.
Architectural note:
The house was designed as a Cotswald Tudor manor.
General note:
The house was also known as Hillbrook.
Location:
High Point (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
Latitude, Longitude:
35.958844, -80.031385