Guide to the Harry Barton Architectural Drawings, 1923-1924

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Barton, Harry, 1876-1937
Title: Harry Barton Architectural Drawings, 1923-1924
Call Number: MC 00144
Extent: 2 linear feet, 1 flat file folder
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: Collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Donated by Jean Gordon.
Provenance: Jean Gordon, professor emeritus of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, had given the drawings of the Tomlinson Residence to Catherine Bishir, who gave them to Special Collections. Gordon could not remember who she had received the drawings from, but it was in 2000.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Harry Barton Architectural Drawings, MC 00144, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

Harry Barton was born in 1876 and died in 1937. He an important North Carolina architect based in Greensboro. Barton worked in the Tudor Revival style for several residential designs. He also designed many educational and civic buildings in Georgian Revival and Neoclassical styles, including buildings on the campus of the Unversity of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Scope and Content Note

The Harry Barton Architectural Drawings consists of seven blueprint drawings of the S. H. Tomlinson House, located at 403 Hillcrest Drive, High Point, North Carolina. These architectural drawings include floorplans, elevations, and building details, and they date from 1923-1924.

S. H. Tomlinson was a founder of the Tomlinson Furniture Co. and an important industrialist in High Point. He had Barton design him a house in the Tudor Revival style for the Emerywood area of High Point, where many industrialists lived.

Organization of the Collection

The drawings are arranged in the order received.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Topics

Architects--North Carolina.
Architectural drawing--20th century--North Carolina.
Architecture--North Carolina
Buildings--Specifications--North Carolina.

Geographic Terms

High Point (N.C.)

Detailed Description of the Collection

S. H. Tomlinson House, 1923-1924 [MC 00144 Map Folder CGFF 1-4]