Masonboro Sound Historic District
Masonboro Sound Historic District is located in North Carolina
Masonboro Sound Historic District
Masonboro Sound Historic District is located in the United States
Masonboro Sound Historic District
LocationBounded by Market St., Wallace Park, Gibson Ave., Wrightsville Ave. and S. Eighteenth St., Wilmington, North Carolina
Coordinates34°10′40″N 77°50′45″W / 34.17778°N 77.84583°W / 34.17778; -77.84583
Area282 acres (114 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835), c. 1870-1942
ArchitectHenry Bacon, Et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.92001334[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1992

Masonboro Sound Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object near Wilmington. The district developed during the 19th and early-20th century and includes notable examples of Italian Renaissance and Colonial Revival style architecture. There are 10 contributing dwellings and 13 contributing outbuildings. Notable dwellings include the Carr-Ormand House (1932), Willard-Sprunt-Woolvin House (1880), Cazaux-Williams-Crow House (Halcyon Hall, 1877, 1880s, 1937), Parsley-Love House (Hickory Hill, 1885, 1912), Live Oaks (1913), Taylor-Bissinger House (1937), the "Doll House" (1924), and Hill-Anderson Cottage (c. 1835).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#92001334)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foard Hood; Ruth Little; Claudia Brown; John Clauser & Dolores Hall (June 1992). "Masonboro Sound Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.


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