Front Facade, Charles W. Tillett House
Charles W. Tillett House (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front Facade, Charles W. Tillett House
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Columns
Dormers
Hand-railing
Houses
Housing, Single family
Porches
Stairs
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ncar_N_86_11_70
- Photographer:
- Schuchman, Joseph more info on Schuchman, Joseph
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism: “Beaux Arts to Modernism: Early Twentieth Century Architecture in North Carolina” was an LSTA-grant funded project to digitize architectural drawings and photographs documenting historic buildings in North Carolina. Architects represented in the project include Brown and Alexander Architect Engineering (née Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed); Martin E. Boyer; Eric G. Flannagan; Northup & O'Brien; Herbert Woodley Simpson, Louis Asbury; Leslie Boney; Charles Parker; Richard Sharp Smith; Douglas Ellington, and William H. Deitrick. The project was a partnership of the NC State University Libraries, the State Archives of North Carolina, the UNC Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library, and the Asheville Art Museum.
Source information
- Repository:
- State Archives of North Carolina
- Collection:
- Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) 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: Tillett, Charles W. and Gladys Avery House (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Boyer, M. E. (Martin Evans), Jr., 1893-1970 more info on Boyer, M. E. (Martin Evans), Jr., 1893-1970
- Built:
- Street:
- 2200 Sherwood Avenue
- Community:
- Charlotte
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28207
- Provenance note:
- The home was constructed for Charles Tillett, a prominent Charlotte attorney, and his wife Gladys, a political leader, women's rights activist, and vice-president of the national Democratic Party (1940-1950).
- Architectural note:
- This large Colonial Revival house is considered to be one of the finest on its street.
- Location:
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Charlotte (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Houses
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.191728, -80.832519