Keeper of the Capitol: Plants and Shrubs; Rent of Residence on Burke Square

Title

Keeper of the Capitol: Plants and Shrubs; Rent of Residence on Burke Square

Date

1877

Creator

["North Carolina. Department of State Treasurer."]

Place

["Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

SR.204.8.005

Document Details

Title

Keeper of the Capitol: Plants and Shrubs; Rent of Residence on Burke Square

Date

1877

Creator

["North Carolina. Department of State Treasurer."]

Rights

This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and is a public record according to G.S.132.

Description

This folder contains records about the Keeper of the Capitol in North Carolina. The Capital Buildings series contains fiscal materials relating to the building, maintenance, and furnishing of state government buildings in North Carolina, primarily in Raleigh. The records contain information about the labor, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of these buildings. The receipts and pay warrants for laborers include both free and enslaved persons. The records related to the work of enslaved persons are scattered throughout the folders in this series. The series also includes the receipts and salary for the Keeper of the Capitol and other employee payrolls for positions such as waiters, watchmen, gardeners, and laborers. The subjects predominately concern the Tryon Palace, the “Blue House” in Hillsborough, the State House, the State Capitol, and the North Carolina Executive Mansion. Records about the establishment of Raleigh, Union Square, the George Washington statue by Antonio Canova, the Administration Building, the Central Heating Plant, and the Experimental Railroad are also included.

Subject

["North Carolina State Capitol (Raleigh, N.C.)","North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950","North Carolina--History--1865-","Public buildings--Design and construction","Public buildings--North Carolina"]

Local Call Number

SR.204.8.005

Place

["Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1876-1900) Gilded Age"]

Digital Collections

["Capital Buildings"]

Source Collections

["Capital Buildings. Treasurer's and Comptroller's Papers. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Format

["Financial records"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

SR_204_8_TC_Capital_Buildings_Bx5_Fldr1

Keeper of the Capitol: Plants and Shrubs; Rent of Residence on Burke Square

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