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Swansboro Historic District

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Architect
  
Smith, Robert Lee

NRHP Reference #
  
90000440

Year built
  
1770

MPS
  
Onslow County MPS

Area
  
12 ha

Added to NRHP
  
16 March 1990

Swansboro Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Walnut, Main, and Elm Sts., NC 24, White Oak River, and Church, Water, and Broad Sts., Swansboro, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Federal

Swansboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 74 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Swansboro. The district largely developed between 1890 and 1925 and includes notable examples of Federal, Greek Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Jonathan Green House, Beaufort House, Bazel Hawkins House, George E. Bell House, James Elijah Parkin House (1893), William Pugh Ferrand Store, the Robert Spence McLean Store, Watson and Parkin "double store" (1910), Jim Kennedy Fish House (1930s), Baptist Church (1897), and the Emmerton School (1920s).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

Swansboro Historic District Wikipedia