Colonial Homes
in
North Carolina
By
John V. Allcott
Professor of Art
University of North Carolina
A Publication of
The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission
Raleigh, North Carolina
1963
Reprinted by
Division of Archives and History
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
1975
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Grace J. Rohrer, Secretary
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Larry E. Tise, Acting Director
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
T. Harry Gatton, Chairman
Gertrude S. Carraway
Helen G. Edmonds
Frontis W. Johnston
J. C. Knowles
Robert M. Lineberger
Edward W. Phifer, Jr.
The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission was established bythe North Carolina General Assembly to “make plans and developa program for celebration of the tercentenary of the granting of theCarolina Charter of 1663....” As part of this program the commissionarranged for the publication of a number of historicalpamphlets for use in stimulating interest in the study of NorthCarolina history during the period 1663-1763. This publication waspart of that project.
CONTENTS
- Page
- Foreword vii
- Introduction viii
- Acknowledgments ix
- CHAPTER
- I. Colonial North Carolina Seen from the Air—Old Maps of the State and of Colonial Towns 1
- II. A Visit to a Colonial Home 18
- III. Kinds of Construction—Log Houses, Houses with a Wooden Frame, Brick and Stone Houses, Roofs 26
- IV. Plan Ideas—The Study of Floor Plans 55
- V. Interiors 84
- VI. A Note on Later Colonial Architecture 96
- VII. The Study of Old Architecture 101
FOREWORD
The following statement was published in the originalprinting of Colonial Homes of North Carolina: “The CarolinaCharter Tercentenary Commission was established bythe North Carolina General Assembly ‘to make plans and developa program for celebration of the tercentenary of thegranting of the Carolina Charter of 1663....’ As part of thisprogram the Commission arranged for the publication of anumber of historical pamphlets for use in stimulating interestin the study of North Carolina history during the period 1663-1763.This publication is part of that project.” Because of thewidespread acceptance of this particular pamphlet and continuingdemand for it, the Division of Archives and Historyof the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources is