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P63: C. Ford Peatross Collection on William Nichols

Creator: C. Ford Peatross

Extent: 394 images

Format(s): Black-and white photographs, xeroxgraphic prints, and art work

Access: not restricted

Useage Restrictions: Use is defined by the current policies of the North Carolina Collection.

Provenance: Gift of C. Ford Peatross, via Rachel Frew, Sloane Art Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accession number 30899.

Biographical Sketches: C. Ford Peatross is Curator of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress and the Center for American Architecture, Design and Engineering. He was a former graduate student in the Department of Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among his writings, Peatross co-authored William Nichols, Architect with Robert O. Mellown, published by the University of Alabama Art Gallery in 1979.

Born in Bath, England, William Nichols (1777?–1854) immigrated to New Bern, North Carolina in 1800 and established himself as an architect. He became the state architect or engineer for North Carolina (1817–1826), Alabama (1827–1833), Louisiana (1834–1835), and Mississippi (1836–1848).

Collection Description: The collection consists of 394 photographs made primarily by C. Ford Peatross intended as illustrations for a dissertation, which was never completed, on architect William Nichols. The photographic collection includes images made in England, Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. of structures designed by Nichol's or structures that influenced his work. The table below lists the structures in North Carolina, arranged by county.

Quick Links to Counties Represented in the Table:
Chowan County	Durham County	Orange County	Surry County	Wake County
Craven County	Franklin County	Pasquotank County	Tyrrell County	Warren County
Cumberland County	Lincoln County	Perquimans County	Vance County

North Carolina Structures Illustrated in the Peatross Collection
Chowan County		Plates
Edenton	Chowan County Courthouse	99, 100, 101
Edenton	James Cathcart Johnston House, Hayes Plantation,	102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 122,123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146
Edenton	Joseph Blount Skinner Law Office	149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155
Edenton	James Iredell House,	156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167
near Edenton	Shelton Plantation House	175
near Edenton	Mulberry Hill (Blount House)	181, 182, 190
Edenton	Beverly Hall (State Bank Branch and Blount House)	185, 186, 187
near Edenton	Athol	295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 311
Craven County		Plates
	Price, Jonathan. Map of New Bern, 1815.	38
	A Civil War period map of New Bern.	39
New Bern	Donnel House and Law Office	40, 41, 42, 43, 47
New Bern	Smallwood House	44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50,51
New Bern	Bryan House and Law Office	52, 53, 54, 55, 78
New Bern	Isaac Taylor House	56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
New Bern	Old Bank of New Bern	64, 65
New Bern	New Bern Academy	66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
New Bern	Attmore-Oliver House	71
New Bern	Masonic Lodge and Theater	79, 80
New Bern	First Presbyterian Church	81,82, 83, 84, 85, 86
New Bern	St. Paul’s Church	87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97
New Bern	Coor-Gaston House	177
New Bern	Jones House	178
Cumberland County		Plates
	A Map of Fayetteville, ca. 1825	201
Fayetteville	Halliday-Cameron House (Mrs. Fan Williams House)	202, 203, 204
Fayetteville	Bank of the United States Branch (McLeran-Adam-Sandford House, Fayetteville Women’s Club)	205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 217A
Fayetteville	House, 309 Dick Street	218
Fayetteville	Thornton House	219, 220
Fayetteville	Old Law Office	221
Fayetteville	Nimocks House	242
Fayetteville	“Myrtle Hall,” Judge Robert Strange House	243
Fayetteville	Town House (Old Market House)	367
Durham County		Plates
	Fairntosh Plantation House	176
Franklin County		Plates
Louisburg	Person Place	179, 180
Lincoln County		Plates
near Iron Station	Ingleside (David Forney House)	197, 198, 199, 200
near Beatties Ford Plantation	River View, the Graham House	239, 240
Orange County		Plates
	Gerrard Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	289, 290, 291
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	292
Hillsborough	Eagle Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M. (Masonic Lodge/King Street Opera House)	228, 229, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238
near Hillsborough	“Lochiel,” Mary Reed Anderson House	241, 245
Hillsborough	Hanks-Phillips-Hawks House (Ruffin-Roulhac House)	244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255
near Hillsborough	John Berry House	256, 257, 258, 259, 260
Hillsborough	Hazell-Nash House	261
Hillsborough	St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church	262
Pasquotank County		Plates
near South Mills	Morgan House	183, 184
Perquimans County		Plates
Harvey's Neck	Ashland (John Skinner House)	173
near Bethel	Harrell House	174
near Hertford	Cove Grove	304, 305, 307, 308
Durant's Neck	Land's End (James Leigh House)	306
near New Hope	Stockton (Granberry House)	309, 310
Surry County		Plates
Rockford	Surry County Courthouse	293
Rockford	York Tavern	294
Tyrrell County		Plates
Lake Phelps	Somerset Place	98
Vance County		Plates
near Williamsboro	Burnside (Jones-Hunt-Hamilton House)	192, 193, 194, 195, 196
Wake County		Plates
Raleigh	North Carolina State House	222, 223, 224, 226
Raleigh	North Carolina Capital	227
Raleigh	Mordecai House	263, 264, 265, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283
Raleigh	Wake County Jail	284
	A Map of Raleigh ca. 1885.	285
Raleigh	Governor’s “Palace”	286
Warren County		Plates
Littleton	Mosby Hall (Little Manor)	191

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