NCModernist Architecture You Love

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Samuel (Sam)
Briggs Ashford

(1932–2021)

Ashford was born in Scotland Neck NC and was a pilot in the US Air Force. He completed his primary flying training for the Air Force at Marana Air Force Base, now Pinal Air Park. He graduated from the NCSU School of Design in 1964 and worked for Carter Williams, DMJM in Washington DC, and then in partnership with Truman Newberry. Newberry left in 1978, and Ashford continued in practice as Ashford Architecture. An active sculptor and photographer, he owned a gallery in Arlington Heights IL and eventually moved to Cincinnati OH.

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1972

The Capital Towers

4808 Six Forks Road, Raleigh NC

An affordable income housing project for the elderly. Tower One was completed in 1972; Tower 2 in 1993. As of 2021, under renovation by Clancy and Theys general contractors.

The Capital Towers
1975

The Sam Ashford Residence

3359 Alleghany Drive, Raleigh NC

Sold in 1991 to Marvin and Carol Schiller, later the Carol Schiller Trust. Sold to Allure Homes. Destroyed in 2014. Top photo by Carol Beaver, rest by Leilani Carter.

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2002

The Thomas A. and Barbara Dumit Renovation

2268 Mariner Beach Drive, Oak Harbor WA

Original house was built in 1995.

The Thomas A. and Barbara Dumit Renovation

Sources include: Sam Ashford.