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Colonial dresser at Allen House

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Creator
David Walbert
Date created
October 11, 2007
Location
Alamance County, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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  • Antebellum homes and plantations: A tour of some of North Carolina's historic houses and farms — big and small, rich and poor — from before the Civil War. (Page 7.4)

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Photo of wooden colonial-era dresser at the Allen House.

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At the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., herbs hang to dry above a wooden colonial-era dresser. Rachel Allen, who lived in the house with John Allen and their family in the late 1700s, used herbs as remedies in her medical practice. To the right of the dresser, stairs ascend to the house’s loft.