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E.A. Johnson

Abstract

Carnton Mansion E.A. Johnson Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA INTRODUCTION Efforts to describe and conserve historic buildings often require understanding complex spatial relationships; fortunately, these relationships can be easily visualized using three dimensional computer modelling. The Center for Historic Preservation recently developed a computer model of Carnton Mansion, a nineteenth century residential building located near Nashville, Tennessee; the building is associated with the American Civil War. This public service project involved determining the original exterior appearance of a missing wing once attached to Carnton Mansion. Today Carnton Mansion is operated as a historic house museum. The governing board of Carnton Mansion, which is considering the possible physical reconstruction of the missing wing to augment the museum's interpretive and operational progra

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