North Carolina

Blandwood Mansion, Greensboro, North Carolina (36.069725, -79.795856)

Primary House, Felling dates: Undated

Secondary House, Felling dates: Winter 1824/5

Southern Porch Roof, Felling dates: Undated

Davis Remodeling Phase, Felling dates: Winter 1844/5, Summer 1844

Site Master 1739-1824 (white oak) BWNCx1 (t = 6.95 HBNCx1; 6.77 HOS; 6.64 HMHx1).

Site Master 1757-1844 (yellow pine) BWNCx2 (t = 5.98 VANC2018; 4.84 GEORGIA2; 4.75 cnca).

Blandwood Mansion, the historic home of North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead, was originally constructed as a two-story, four-room farmhouse. It was later extended to the west and then extensively remodeled with further additions to the north under the supervision of architect Alexander Jackson Davis, resulting in the present-day Italianate Villa with a central tower projecting from the front facade.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the secondary phase of building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1824/5 while the Davis remodeling phase was undertaken using timbers felled in the summer of 1844 and the winter of 1844/5. Dendrochronological analysis has been unable to ascertain a date for the primary house or the southern porch addition.

Worthington and Seiter 2023 "The Tree-Ring Dating of the Blandwood Mansion, Greensboro, North Carolina." Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2023/04.

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