Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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4818
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Knight describes examples of North Carolina's distinctive architecture, including Asheville's Biltmore Estate, grand, showy 19th-century courthouses, the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, the Zebulon Vance Monument in Asheville, and an 85-foot- tall \"highboy\" in High Point.
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36316
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In West African building folklore has been discovered in several North Carolinian structures. West African spiritualism was a vital component of a slave’s personal history and character.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000,
p79-95
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35441
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To construct a case about architects trying to help keep construction costs down was a discussion of general contributing factors. Emphasized was the ample supply of work and short supply of labor, which yielded this wage and cost increase. Included was a factor related to NC: the best contractors avoiding work in North Carolina because of its outdated contracting related laws.
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27726
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Rosewell was the eighteenth century mansion of the Page family in Virginia, but only its ruins remain today. Continuing studies provide insight into the ceremonial and ritualistic workings of Rosewell. Although specific knowledge about Rosewell’s interior is scant, conclusions can be made about the family and their perceptions of themselves through the house’s overall design and furnishings.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Nov 1993,
p1-62, il, por, bibl, f
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6021
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To mark their 50th anniversary in 1989, North Carolina Preservation commissioned architectural historian Catherine W. Bishir of Raleigh and architectural photographer Tim Buchman of Charlotte to collaborate on a new architectural history of North Carolina. Bishir discusses the creation of the book in this PRESERVATION interview.
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27698
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Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study on the Page family and their eighteenth-century mansion in Gloucester County, Virginia known as Rosewell. The house construction and architecture proclaimed its occupants to be powerful, educated and wealthy, but in less than three generations, the Page family suffered drastic economic decline.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 13 Issue 1, May 1987,
p1-52, il, por, bibl, f
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27697
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Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study of the work attributable to the anonymous artisan identified as Humphrey Sommers’ carver. Sommers’ high social status in late colonial Charleston, South Carolina is evident in the Rococo interior architecture and stylistic work of his personal estates.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Nov 1986,
p1-129, il, por, bibl, f
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28870
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Henry Sanoff is a professor of architecture at the North Carolina State University School of Design and founder of the Community Development Group. In an interview with NC Arts, Sanoff discussed how the Group got started and how the design process translates into action in local North Carolina communities.
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21262
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A look at the architectural career of A.G. (Adolphus Gustavus) Bauer in North Carolina spanning the years between 1883 and 1898. Enjoying the patronage of the state government, Bauer designed a group of structures that constitutes a significant contribution to North Carolina's institutional and civic architecture.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 3, July 1983,
p304-332, il, por, f
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30539
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Viewing NC places through its architecture can provide information on past ways of life and their changes though time. Preservation should not only focus on the best examples of architectural types, as the commonness in which a style was used, and its variations are all part of its significance.
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27630
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Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the carving work of William Buckland and William Bernard Sears. Their carving represents some of the most important American interior architecture of the Rococo period.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Nov 1982,
p7-42, il, bibl, f
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27631
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William Buckland is known for his architectural carving work in Richmond County, Virginia, but evidence of his work in Maryland has been questioned. Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina reassessed Buckland’s career from 1771-1774 through a comparative study of six houses, two documented and four previously attributed to his shop.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Nov 1982,
p43-88, il, por, bibl, f
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19136
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The author looks at Asheville's urban architecture, specifically how the financial booms of the 1890s and 1920s were formative to the cityscape. Woven throughout the article is a brief history of American architecture through specific buildings in Asheville. Preservation and protection of these structures is also briefly discussed.
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35715
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While traveling to Mexico and Guatemala, the author remarked upon the convergence of old and new in the cities, from the ancient Mayans, to the present.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Aug 1975,
p93-96
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11577
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The Raleigh-based design firm, Synergetics, creates prototypes for lightweight structures. Working under contract with geodesic dome designer, Buckminister Fuller, the firm has designed buildings for the U.S. Marine Corps as well as the 1959, 1962, and 1964 World's Fairs. Owner, James W. Fitzgibbon, previously taught at the North Carolina State School of Design. Other members of the Synergetics team include Bill Ballenger, Dale Blosser, Jim Quinn, Levette Teague, Pete Barnwell, and T. C. Howard.
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