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Title
Main
living
room
at
Chinqua-Penn
Plantation
Date
1966
Subject-LCSH
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Subject-Local
Chinqua- Penn Plantation
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This
1966
photograph
shows
the
Main
Living
Room
of
Chinqua-Penn
Plantation
House
. The
columns
at the
entrance
are
made
of
Italian
stone
, the
wood
panels
covering
the
lower
part
of the
walls
is
pecky
cypress
from
Florida
, and the
large
light
fixtures
are
Chinese
temple
lanterns
. The
Chinqua-Penn
Plantation
,
near
Reidsville
,
North
Carolina
, was the
home
of the
late
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Jefferson
Penn
. In
1959
,
Mrs
.
Penn
gave
Chinqua-Penn
to the
Consolidated
University
of
North
Carolina
.
Woman’s
College
,
now
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
,
operated
the
house
and
gardens
, and
opened
the
property
for
tours
in
1966
. The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
Board
of
Trustees
decided
on
February
12
,
1986
, not to
reopen
the
home
to the
public
as of
March
,
1986
,
due
to
lack
of
funds
for
operation
and
maintenance
. The
property
was
sold
in
2006
to
Calvin
Phelps
.
Type
Image
Original format
Photographs
Original dimensions
7" x 5"
Repository
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries -
http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/
Collection
UA104 Photographic Prints Collection
Series
3 Buildings, Grounds, and Views
Folder
056 Chinqua-Penn Plantation - Interior
Preferred citation
[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Copyright
http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/copyright.php
Object ID
ua104.3.056.014
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Digital collection homepage
http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/ui.php
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