Front elevation, rear elevation, end elevation, cross section, window types

Dorothea Dix Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Front elevation, rear elevation, end elevation, cross section, window types
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Floors
Hospitals
Windows
Original Format:
Tracing paper
Extent:
1/8 in. = 1 ft.; 635mm x 914mm
Item identifier:
mc00240-001-ff0472-001-001_0002
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Cross sections
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
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: Dix, Dorothea Hospital (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 
Architect:
more info on Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 
Built:
Street:
820 South Boylan Ave.
Community:
Raleigh
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27603
Architectural note:
The hospital building includes 'Davisean' windows. The core was razed in the mid twentieth century.
Historical note:
The hospital was founded for the insane, and the campus includes other late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings, such as this structure.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Mental health facilities
Latitude, Longitude:
35.771587, -78.653443