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 FOREWORD