Area 44 ha | Year built 1789 | |
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Location Irreg. pattern along Main St.; also roughly bounded by W. Church, W. Ehringhaus, Elliott, Cedar, and Ashe Sts. Elizabeth City, North Carolina Architect West, A.L.; Kramer,D.S. Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal, Late Victorian NRHP Reference # 77001007, 94000163 (Boundary Increase) Added to NRHP October 18, 1977, March 7, 1994 (Boundary Increase) | ||
Elizabeth City Historic District is a national historic district located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 592 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounds residential sections of Elizabeth City. The district developed after 1789, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Grice-Fearing House (1789-1808), Shirley Armstrong House (c. 1793), Goodman-Matthews-Pool House (c. 1808), Dr. William Martin House (c. 1834), Pool-Kennedy-Lumsden House (c. 1840), Charles-Hussey House (c. 1849), Richardson-Pool House (c. 1860), North Carolina Building (1859), Cobb Building, the former First Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church (1857), J. W. Dent House (c. 1915), Dr. Butt's Drug Store (c. 1869-1884), the McMullen Building (c. 1887), the Lowrey Building (c. 1897), former Citizens Bank (c. 1899), Robinson Building (1903), Kramer Building (1909), Selig Building (1925), the Virginia Dare Hotel and Arcade (1927), First Baptist Church (1889), United States Post Office and Courthouse (c. 1906), and Pasquotank County Courthouse (1882).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, with a boundary increase in 1994.