Chapter I: Front Matter

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 by the
North Carolina General Assembly to “make plans and develop a program
for celebration of the tercentenary of the granting of the Carolina
Charter of 1663....” As part of this program the commission arranged
for the publication of a number of historical pamphlets for use in
stimulating interest in the study of North Carolina history during the
period 1663-1763. This publication was part 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