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First floor plan, second floor plan

L. I. Moore House (New Bern, N.C.)
Herbert Woodley Simpson papers, 1888-1941 (NCAR1596)
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Item information

Title:
First floor plan, second floor plan
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Balconies
Bedrooms
Porches
Porticoes
Original Format:
Linen
Item identifier:
ncar1596-001-bx0001-005-006_0001
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
State Archives of North Carolina
Collection:
Herbert Woodley Simpson papers, 1888-1941 (NCAR1596) held by State Archives of 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 the North Carolina State Archives.
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: Moore, Larry I. House (New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Simpson, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodley), 1870-1945 
Built:
Street:
511 E. Front Street
Community:
New Bern
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
28560
Provenance note:
Larry I. Moore was a New Bern attorney.
Architectural note:
The house is of the Southern Colonial Revival style, with a tall Corinthian portico overlapping a one-story wraparound porch.
General note:
The L. I. Moore House was one of the grandest houses in New Bern, and one of many elaborate houses designed by prominent architect Herbert Woodley Simpson. The house was commissioned by New Bern attorney L. I. Moore, and featured an elaborately carved grand stair and other Victorian-era detailing.
Location:
New Bern (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
Latitude, Longitude:
35.109966, -77.035886