NRHP Reference # 92001835 Area 2 ha Built by Benton & Benton | Opened 1932 Phone +1 252-441-2343 Added to NRHP 21 January 1993 | |
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Location 6720 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, North Carolina Address 6715 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959, USA Architectural style Shingle style architecture Similar Jennette's Pier, Jockey's Ridge State Park, Bodie Island Lighthouse, Roanoke Island Festival P, Fort Raleigh National | ||
The first colony inn nags head nc
The First Colony Inn, also known as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, First Colony Motor Inn, First Colony Apartments, and Colony Beach Inn, is a historic hotel building located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. It was designed by Willis Leigh and built by Frank Benton It first opened in 1932 as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, by Henry LeRoy of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The inn is a 2 1/2-story, balloon frame building in the vernacular Shingle Style. The building is divided into three equal sections (approximately 25 feet by 60 feet each) separated by open breezeways and arranged in an "H"-shaped configuration. Surrounding the building is a two-story engaged verandah.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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