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Rear View, Burton Craig House

Burton Craige House (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1)
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Item information

Title:
Rear View, Burton Craig House
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Chimneys
Dormers
Gardens
Houses
Housing, Single family
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ncar_N_93_12_1328
Photographer:
Buchanan, C. E. more info on Buchanan, C. E. 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

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: Craige, Burton House (Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 
Built:
Street:
134 Cascade Avenue
Community:
Winston-Salem
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27127
Provenance note:
According to local tradition, the home was built by the Banner family. In the early 1900s, the property was sold to Burton Craige, who became general counsel for the R.J. Renolds corporation in 1911.
Architectural note:
The 1929 renovations constructed a luxurious Colonial Revival home around the earlier 1850 two-story frame house. Thomas Sears served as landscape architect during the 1928-1929 renovations.
Location:
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
Latitude, Longitude:
36.072999, -80.242539