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Assignment Two Architecture
| Although accomplished in the
1960's, the James K. Polk Birthplace Memorial
near Pineville reflects a
dominant preservation philosophy of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. We should preserve to instill patriotism in the
citizenry. Anne Pamela Cunningham, the savior of Mount
Vernon,
preached the patriotic doctrine of preservation. |
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| The Michael Braun House, built
in Rowan County in 1766, reflects the second major preservation philosophy
of the pre-World War II era. We should save beautiful examples of
architecture, especially those from the Colonial and the Federal
periods. Michael Braun, a German, owned over 2000 acres of land and
many slaves. It is one of our finest examples of German architecture
outside of the Moravian village of Salem. |
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| The Hezekiah Alexander House
was built in 1774 for the owner, a Scots-Irish Presbyterian who had moved to
Mecklenburg County from Cecil County Maryland in 1767. The house is
typical of the finer stone houses in Maryland. Hezekiah Alexander
was trained as a blacksmith but became a prominent citizens of Mecklenburg
County. He was allegedly a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence in May 1775. |
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| The Single Brothers House in
the Moravian Village of Salem was built in 1768-69 and expanded in
1786. It has bracing timbers of a typical German pattern.
Young boys came here to live and learn a trade. The Moravians took thier
name from the region of Czech lands where they had originated. They
migrated to North Carolina in the 1750s to do work among the Cherokees. |
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| Holly Bend, built in c. 1800
for Robert Davidson, the largest slaveowner in Mecklenburg County, was the
centerpiece of a large cotton plantation. Like most Piedmont
Plantations, it is a gable-roofed box with end chimneys and a shed
roof. Notice that it lacks elaborate ornamentation. That would
have been too ostentatious for a Calvinist. |
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| Hope Plantation near Windsor in
Bertie County is an historic site. It was built in c. 1800 for
tobacco plantation owner David Stone. It is a lavish example of
Palladian architecture. The square, hip-roofed block with
two-tiered, pedimented portico is taken directly from one of Palladio
copybooks. Preservationists like William Sumner Appleton would have
applauded the saving of such a fine example of Federal architecture. |
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| Ingleside Plantation in Lincoln
County was built for Daniel and Harriet Brevard Forney in 1817.
Daniel, the son of prosperous planters and ironmakers, served in the U. S.
Congress from 1815 until 1818. The massive two-story, pedimented
portico with Ionic
columns, bears testimony to the refined tastes of the
owners. The brickwork is Flemish
bond. All black and white
pictures on this page are from Catherine W. Bishir and Tim Buchman, North
Carolina Architecture. |
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