Wheless family papers, 1950-1995 and undated [manuscript]

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Wheless family papers, 1950-1995 and undated [manuscript]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/640148893

This collection contains documents on the residence at 106 John Street, Louisburg, North Carolina, designed by G. Milton Small and originally owned by the Wheless family. It includes construction and architectural contracts, land deeds, invoices (for furnishings, landscaping, contractors), drawings (site plans, floor plans, elevations, construction details, property and subdivision surveys), and photographs of the Wheless residence. Also included is 1 CD that contains 118 color survey photographs taken by Laura A.W. Phillips for the National Register of Historic Places.

1.5 linear ft. (1 box + 1 oversize flat box)

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907252

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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Wheless, Lois.

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Wheless family.

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In 1954, Thomas and Lois Wheless contracted with architect G. Milton Small to design a residence for them in Louisburg, North Carolina. The house is one story and has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. The house is considered an excellent example of mid-twentieth century modern architecture within the state. From the description of Wheless family papers, 1950-1995 and undated [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 640148893 ...

G. Milton Small Architects.

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Wheless, Thomas.

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Phillips, Laura A. W.

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Small, G. Milton (George Milton), 1916-1989.

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G. Milton Small Jr. (1916-1989) was a student of Mies van der Rohe and was one of the foremost modernist architects working in the southeastern United States in the later half of the 20th century. Small moved to Raleigh in 1948 and headed the architectural office of William Henley Deitrick before starting his own firm, G. Milton Small Architects, in 1949. From the description of G. Milton Small papers, 1950-1984 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 6423...