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Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station

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Built
  
1911 (1911)

NRHP Reference #
  
80002849

Area
  
1,200 m²

Built by
  
New Holland Corp.

Opened
  
1911

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 1980

Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station

Location
  
E of Swanquarter, near Swan Quarter, North Carolina

Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station, also known as Mattamuskeet Lodge, is a historic pumping station building located on Lake Mattamuskeet at the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge near Swan Quarter, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was built in 1911, and is a three story 14,977 square foot brick building. In 1934, it was remodeled as headquarters building and hotel accommodation for visitors after acquisition of Lake Mattamuskeet by the U. S. Government. The building contains 38 rooms and is connected to a 120 foot high tower with stairway.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station Wikipedia